encumbrance
noun /ɪnˈkʌmbrəns/
/ɪnˈkʌmbrəns/
(formal)- a person or thing that prevents somebody from moving easily or from doing what they want
synonym burden妨碍者;累赘;障碍物 - I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
我感到自己成了他们的累赘。
词源Middle English (denoting an encumbered state; formerly also as incumbrance): from Old French encombrance, from encombrer ‘block up’, from en- ‘in’ + combre ‘river barrage’. - I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.