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单词 encumberingly
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
en•cum•ber /ɛnˈkʌmbɚ/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. to weigh down;
    burden:The hiker was encumbered by a heavy backpack.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
en•cum•ber  (en kumbər),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to impede or hinder;
    hamper;
    retard:Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action.
  2. to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous:a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information.
  3. to burden or weigh down:She was encumbered with a suitcase and several packages.
  4. to burden with obligations, debt, etc.
Also, incumber. 
  • Breton Kemper); see com-, bear1
  • Gaulish *comberos confluence, bringing together (compare Quimper, in Brittany
  • early Medieval Latin combrus
  • Anglo-French, Middle French encombrer, equivalent. to en- en-1 + -combrer, verb, verbal derivative of combre dam, weir
  • Middle English encombren 1300–50
en•cumber•ing•ly, adv. 

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