单词	encumbrance
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 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 Continuous Form 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 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► 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]
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