encumbrance

英 [ɪnˈkʌmbrəns]

美 [ɪnˈkʌmbrəns]

n.  妨碍者; 累赘; 障碍物

复数：encumbrances　

法律

BNC.26434 / COCA.30197

牛津词典

noun

• 妨碍者；累赘；障碍物
  a person or thing that prevents sb from moving easily or from doing what they want
  1. I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
     我感到自己成了他们的累赘。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 拖累;障碍;累赘
  Anencumbranceis something or someone that encumbers you.
  1. Magdalena considered the past an irrelevant encumbrance.
     玛格达莱娜把过去看作毫不相干的累赘。

英英释义

noun

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  Synonym:hindrancehinderancehitchpreventivepreventativeincumbranceinterference
• an onerous or difficult concern
  1. the burden of responsibility
  2. that's a load off my mind
  Synonym:burdenloadincumbranceonus
• a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
  Synonym:incumbrance

双语例句

• Statement of expenditures and encumbrance compared with appropriation
  支出及保留数与核定拨款数比较表
• Severe pain, by impairing a patient's ability to listen and understand, is an encumbrance to the informed consent process.
  剧烈疼痛能够削弱患者的倾听及理解能力，因而成为知情同意过程的障碍。
• "Conveyance" includes every assignment, lease, mortgage, or encumbrance.
  让与包括各种转让、借、押或留置。
• Seller warrants that the goods are now free, and that at the time of delivery shall be free from any security interest or other lien or encumbrance.
  卖方保证货物现无约束，交付时应没有设定担保物权、其他留置权或债权。
• Recognizing this encumbrance, many command-line utilities allow you to provide your username and password as command-line arguments.
  正因为认识到这些阻碍的存在，所以许多命令行实用工具都允许您将用户名和密码作为命令行参数。
• Growing use of secured borrowing risks becoming a vicious circle: if investors charge more for unsecured borrowing because of rising asset encumbrance, banks will be forced to tie up even more of their very best loans to raise funds.
  发行越来越多的担保借款，可能正成为一种恶性循环：如果由于资产拖累不断加重，投资者会向无担保借款收取更高的利率，而银行将被迫绑定更多的最优质贷款，以筹集资金。
• I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
  我感到自己成了他们的累赘。
• America would free itself of the encumbrance of formal alliances and multilateral diplomacy.
  美国将从正式联盟和多边外交的障碍中抽身而退。
• Where the foregoing standards are pertaining to control, approval, encumbrance, provision of educational and cultural facilities or should there be special circumstances in existence, the characteristics or objectives shall also be taken into consideration.
  前项收费基准，属于办理管制、许可、设定权利、提供教育文化设施或有其它特殊情形者，得并考虑其特性或目的定之。
• Bachelors are a select group, without personal obligation, social encumbrance, or any socks that match.
  单身汉是一个特别群体，没有个人责任，没有社会责任，也没有一双成对的袜子。