encumber

英 [ɪnˈkʌmbə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈkʌmbər]

v.  妨碍; 阻碍; 拖累; 大(或重)得难以移动; 使负担沉重

过去分词：encumbered　现在分词：encumbering　复数：encumbers　过去式：encumbered　第三人称单数：encumbers　

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BNC.22978 / COCA.27430

牛津词典

verb

• 妨碍；阻碍；拖累
  to make it difficult for sb to do sth or for sth to happen
  1. The police operation was encumbered by crowds of reporters.
     警方的行动被成群的记者所妨碍。
• 大（或重）得难以移动；使负担沉重
  to be large and/or heavy and make it difficult for sb to move
  1. The frogmen were encumbered by their diving equipment.
     沉重的潜水装备使蛙人行动困难。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 拖累;牵累;妨碍
  If youare encumberedby something, it prevents you from moving freely or doing what you want.
  1. Lead weights and air cylinders encumbered the divers as they walked to the shore...
     潜水员向海岸走去时，铅坠和氧气罐使他们步履维艰。
  2. It is still labouring under the debt burden that it was encumbered with in the 1980s.
     它现在仍旧被20世纪80年代就深受其累的债务压得喘不过气。
• VERB 阻塞;堵塞;塞满
  If a placeis encumbered withthings, it contains so many of them that it is difficult to move freely there.
  1. The narrow quay was encumbered by hundreds of carts.
     狭窄的码头被数百辆手推车堵得水泄不通。

英英释义

verb

• hold back
  Synonym:restraincumberconstrain

双语例句

• Before the credit crunch, bank board directors blithely asked themselves a similar rhetorical question: why encumber our bank with overcautious lending requirements when the system was itself deemed safe?
  在信贷危机之前，银行董事会成员也毫无挂虑地问了自己一个类似的反问句：既然体系自身被视为是安全的，为何要让过分谨慎的借贷要求拖累我们的银行呢？
• He shall not encumber his brain with the coil of rhythm and number.
  他绝不能使自己的脑子受累于纠缠不清的格律和韵律。
• Down of US economy unable to encumber China
  美国经济衰退不可能拖累中国
• To pledge, hypothecate, sell of assign and otherwise encumber items as described above.
  抵押、担保、出售或转让及上面所列之其他项目。
• Lead weights and air cylinders encumbered the divers as they walked to the shore
  潜水员向海岸走去时，铅坠和氧气罐使他们步履维艰。
• And how unnecessary it has been for you to toll along on foot, and encumber yourself with this heavy load!
  你这是何苦，要费力地步行走路，自己还带着这样沉重的行李！
• All these factors encumber the healthy development of the notary service, and influence the performing of public service efficiency.
  这都极大阻碍了公证行业的健康发展，导致公证的公共服务功效并没有充分发挥出来。
• You shouldnt let those heavy books encumber you.
  你不该让这些沉重的书阻碍你学习。
• Objects, such as provisions or baggage, that impede or encumber.
  包袱妨碍或拖累的物体，如装备或者行李。
• One should not encumber oneself with hire purchase repayments at the beginning of a marriage.
  人不应该在婚姻的开始就被购买的租金拖累。