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

• It was begun, incidentally, by Pierre Varignon who sought to free dynamics from the encumbrance of geometry.
  皮埃尔？伐里农在进行把动力学从几何学的束缚下解放出来的探索中，顺便开始了这个工作。
• 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。
• Validity of the Agreements Concerning Transferability of the Obligatory Right and Its Prohibition; "Conveyance" includes every assignment, lease, mortgage, or encumbrance.
  债权让与及禁止债权让与协议的效力让与包括各种转让、借、押或留置。
• 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。
• 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。
• I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
  我感到自己成了他们的累赘。
• Now I should be an encumbrance.
  现在我成为累赘了。
• 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。
• Magdalena considered the past an irrelevant encumbrance.
  玛格达莱娜把过去看作毫不相干的累赘。
• But carelessly become your encumbrance.
  却不小心成为你的累赘。