释义 |
encumberen‧cum‧ber /ɪnˈkʌmbə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] encumberOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French encombrer, from combre ‘something that prevents movement’ VERB TABLEencumber |
Present | I, you, we, they | encumber | | he, she, it | encumbers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | encumbered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have encumbered | | he, she, it | has encumbered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had encumbered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will encumber | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have encumbered |
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Present | I | am encumbering | | he, she, it | is encumbering | | you, we, they | are encumbering | Past | I, he, she, it | was encumbering | | you, we, they | were encumbering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been encumbering | | he, she, it | has been encumbering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been encumbering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be encumbering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been encumbering |
- To be human is merely to encumber the turning of the wheel.
- Why should we encumber them with cultural constraints they do not need?
► heavily encumbered 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] |