encumbrance

英 [ɪnˈkʌmbrəns]

美 [ɪnˈkʌmbrəns]

n.  妨碍者; 累赘; 障碍物

复数：encumbrances　

法律

BNC.26434 / COCA.30197

牛津词典

noun

• 妨碍者；累赘；障碍物
  a person or thing that prevents sb from moving easily or from doing what they want
  1. I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
     我感到自己成了他们的累赘。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 拖累;障碍;累赘
  Anencumbranceis something or someone that encumbers you.
  1. Magdalena considered the past an irrelevant encumbrance.
     玛格达莱娜把过去看作毫不相干的累赘。

英英释义

noun

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  Synonym:hindrancehinderancehitchpreventivepreventativeincumbranceinterference
• an onerous or difficult concern
  1. the burden of responsibility
  2. that's a load off my mind
  Synonym:burdenloadincumbranceonus
• a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
  Synonym:incumbrance

双语例句

• Growing use of secured borrowing risks becoming a vicious circle: if investors charge more for unsecured borrowing because of rising asset encumbrance, banks will be forced to tie up even more of their very best loans to raise funds.
  发行越来越多的担保借款，可能正成为一种恶性循环：如果由于资产拖累不断加重，投资者会向无担保借款收取更高的利率，而银行将被迫绑定更多的最优质贷款，以筹集资金。
• Seller warrants that the goods are now free, and that at the time of delivery shall be free from any security interest or other lien or encumbrance.
  卖方保证货物现无约束，交付时应没有设定担保物权、其他留置权或债权。
• Public domain material which is free from copright encumbrance and freely available to anyone who wishes to use it.
  公开领域并无版权限制，可任人随意提取和使用的资料。
• It was begun, incidentally, by Pierre Varignon who sought to free dynamics from the encumbrance of geometry.
  皮埃尔？伐里农在进行把动力学从几何学的束缚下解放出来的探索中，顺便开始了这个工作。
• The Nature supplies them appropriately but the supply is not given too much to be their encumbrance.
  自然适得其分地供应他们各种所需，可是自然的供应不会多到成为他们的负累。
• Hinting at official concern, Andrew Haldane, executive director for financial stability at the Bank of England, has warned of an "arms race" towards ever greater "encumbrance", or tying-up of safe assets.
  英国央行（bankofengland）负责金融稳定的执行董事安德鲁霍尔丹（andrewhaldane）暗示了官方的担忧，他对这场“抵押品军备竞赛”或对安全资产的追逐提出警告。
• As a result, surgeons can operate freely without the encumbrance of suits, respirators and helmets.
  这样军医可以手脚灵活地施行手术而不必穿戴臃肿的防隔服、防尘面罩。
• But carelessly become your encumbrance.
  却不小心成为你的累赘。
• Before the crunch, the sheer size of some institutions was an encumbrance to rational analysis.
  金融危机之前，一些机构庞大的规模妨碍了理性分析。
• I felt I was being an encumbrance to them.
  我感到自己成了他们的累赘。