| 单词 | encumbered |
| 释义 | encumbered (once / 2229 pages) adj Encumbered means restricted or burdened. It's tricky to take photographs outside in the winter when you're encumbered with thick gloves and layers of coats and sweaters. When your movements are restricted, you're encumbered. You might be physically encumbered by having too many things to carry, or your ability to speak freely can be encumbered by the people at the next table who are clearly listening in on your conversation — and laughing at you. Encumbered is used often to talk about debt; you might be encumbered by a high monthly car payment that prevents you from buying concert tickets. WORD FAMILYencumbered: unencumbered+/cumber: cumbered, cumbering, cumbers, encumber/disencumber: disencumbered, disencumbering, disencumbers/encumber: disencumber, encumbered, encumbering, encumbers USAGE EXAMPLESTwo astronauts clamber across the tortured terrain, encumbered by the heavy scientific instruments they carry on their backs and in their hands. Washington Post(Dec 10, 2016) His efforts are encumbered by Volkswagen’s governance system, which grants labor representatives half the seats on the board. Wall Street Journal(Nov 03, 2016) But Trump is not encumbered by his pathological behavior. Slate(Oct 26, 2016) adj loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load "a summer resort... encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack an encumbered estate Syn|Ant burdened, heavy-laden, loaded down bearing a physically heavy weight or load cloggedloaded with something that hinders motion involved, miredentangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire mortgagedburdened with legal or financial obligations unencumbered free of encumbrance burdenless, unburdenednot encumbered with a physical burden or load clear, unmortgaged(especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law |
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