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词汇 encumber
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encumber

verb
/ɪnˈkʌmbə(r)/
/ɪnˈkʌmbər/
[usually passive] (formal)
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they encumber
/ɪnˈkʌmbə(r)/
/ɪnˈkʌmbər/
he / she / it encumbers
/ɪnˈkʌmbəz/
/ɪnˈkʌmbərz/
past simple encumbered
/ɪnˈkʌmbəd/
/ɪnˈkʌmbərd/
past participle encumbered
/ɪnˈkʌmbəd/
/ɪnˈkʌmbərd/
-ing form encumbering
/ɪnˈkʌmbərɪŋ/
/ɪnˈkʌmbərɪŋ/
  1. to make it difficult for somebody to do something or for something to happen妨碍;阻碍;拖累
    • be encumbered by somebody/something The police operation was encumbered by crowds of reporters.警方的行动被成群的记者所妨碍。
    • be encumbered with something The business is encumbered with debt.这家企业负债累累。
  2. to be large and/or heavy and make it difficult for somebody to move大(或重)得难以移动;使负担沉重
    • be encumbered by something The frogmen were encumbered by their diving equipment.沉重的潜水装备使蛙人行动困难。
  3. 词源Middle English (in the sense ‘cause trouble to, entangle’; formerly also as incumber): from Old French encombrer ‘block up’, from en- ‘in’ + combre ‘river barrage’.
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