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

• In the first place, to encumber the street;
  首先，为了阻塞道路；
• But there are two words which usually encumber these classical arguments, and which we must immediately dispose of if we are to make any progress.
  但有两个术语通常妨碍这些经典论述，我们如果要取得任何进展，必须立刻对它们加以处理。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• Non-Governmental Staff Bribery Crime is one specific kind of the crimes that encumber the managerial order of companies and corporations, and one manifestation of bribery crime.
  非国家工作人员受贿罪属于妨害对公司、企业的管理秩序罪中的一个罪，同时也属于贿赂犯罪的表现形式之一。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Down of US economy unable to encumber China
  美国经济衰退不可能拖累中国