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单词 encumbrance
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encumbrance

noun
/ɪnˈkʌmbrəns/
/ɪnˈkʌmbrəns/
(formal)
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  1. a person or thing that prevents somebody from moving easily or from doing what they want synonym burden
    • I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an encumbered state; formerly also as incumbrance): from Old French encombrance, from encombrer ‘block up’, from en- ‘in’ + combre ‘river barrage’.
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