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　

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。

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。

verb