encumber

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++en·cum·ber /ɪnˈkʌmbə $ -ər/ verb [transitive]  formalSLOW to make it difficult for you to do something or for something to happen 妨碍，阻碍 SYN burden He died in 1874, heavily encumbered by debt. 他于1874年去世，负债累累。be encumbered with something The whole process was encumbered with bureaucracy. 整个进程受到官僚主义的阻碍。n Grammar Encumber is usually passive. —encumbrance noun [countable]→ See Verb table

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encumber• To be human is merely to encumber the turning of the wheel.• Why should we encumber them with cultural constraints they do not need?be encumbered with something• Belarus' economy is still encumbered with inefficient state-owned factories.Origin encumber (1300-1400) Old French encombrer, from combre “something that prevents movement”

en·cum·ber verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

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encumber
en‧cum‧ber /ɪnˈkʌmbə $ -ər/ verb [transitive usually passive]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.
    encumber with
    The whole process was encumbered with bureaucracy.
—encumbrance noun [countable]

en·cum·berBrE /ɪnˈkʌmbə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈkʌmbər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they encumber BrE /ɪnˈkʌmbə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkʌmbər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it encumbers BrE /ɪnˈkʌmbəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkʌmbərz/ 🔊past simple encumbered BrE /ɪnˈkʌmbəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkʌmbərd/ 🔊past participle encumbered BrE /ɪnˈkʌmbəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkʌmbərd/ 🔊 -ing form encumbering BrE /ɪnˈkʌmbərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkʌmbərɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] (formal) ~ sb/sth (with sth) to make it difficult for sb to do sth or for sth to happen 妨碍；阻碍；拖累◆The police operation was encumbered by crowds of reporters. 警方的行动被成群的记者所妨碍。🔊🔊~ sb/sth (with sth) to be large and/or heavy and make it difficult for sb to move 大（或重）得难以移动；使负担沉重◆The frogmen were encumbered by their diving equipment. 沉重的潜水装备使蛙人行动困难。🔊🔊