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单词 encumber
释义
encumberen‧cum‧ber /ɪnˈkʌmbə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINencumber
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French encombrer, from combre ‘something that prevents movement’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
encumber
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyencumber
he, she, itencumbers
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyencumbered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave encumbered
he, she, ithas encumbered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad encumbered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill encumber
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have encumbered
Continuous Form
PresentIam encumbering
he, she, itis encumbering
you, we, theyare encumbering
PastI, he, she, itwas encumbering
you, we, theywere encumbering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been encumbering
he, she, ithas been encumbering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been encumbering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be encumbering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been encumbering
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • To be human is merely to encumber the turning of the wheel.
  • Why should we encumber them with cultural constraints they do not need?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 He died in 1874, heavily encumbered by debt.
formal to make it difficult for you to do something or for something to happen SYN  burden:  He died in 1874, heavily encumbered by debt.be encumbered with something The whole process was encumbered with bureaucracy.GRAMMAR Encumber is usually passive.encumbrance noun [countable]
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