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

• What a cloud of innumerable witnesses surround us! So let us be rid of every encumbrance, and especially of sin, to persevere in running the race marked out before us.
  所以，我们既有如此众多如云的证人，围绕著我们，就该卸下各种累赘和纠缠人的罪过，以坚忍的心，跑那摆在我们面前的赛程。
• Hinting at official concern, Andrew Haldane, executive director for financial stability at the Bank of England, has warned of an "arms race" towards ever greater "encumbrance", or tying-up of safe assets.
  英国央行（bankofengland）负责金融稳定的执行董事安德鲁霍尔丹（andrewhaldane）暗示了官方的担忧，他对这场“抵押品军备竞赛”或对安全资产的追逐提出警告。
• Magdalena considered the past an irrelevant encumbrance.
  玛格达莱娜把过去看作毫不相干的累赘。
• Public domain material which is free from copright encumbrance and freely available to anyone who wishes to use it.
  公开领域并无版权限制，可任人随意提取和使用的资料。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Apart from actual ownership, an interest in real estate may consist of a lease, a mortgage, a lien or other encumbrance on the property.
  除实际拥有权以外，不动产可包括租凭，房产抵押，抵押品留置权以及其他财产负担等。
• Now I should be an encumbrance.
  现在我成为累赘了。