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
• Before the crunch, the sheer size of some institutions was an encumbrance to rational analysis.
  金融危机之前，一些机构庞大的规模妨碍了理性分析。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The widow advertised herself as "without encumbrance".
  那寡妇登了告白注明无儿女牵累。
• 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。