Encumbrance
[ɪn'kʌmbr(ə)ns;en-] or [ɪn'kʌmbrəns]
解释:
(n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.
(n.) Same as Incumbrance.
编辑:卡蒂
同义词及近义词：
n. [Written also Incumbrance.] [1]. Load, clog, impediment, hinderance, dead weight, drag weight.[2]. Debt, claim, liability.
校对:罗尼
例句:
- The Indianola was superior to all the others in armament, and probably would have destroyed them or driven them away, but for her encumbrance. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Resisting Sam's tender of his greatcoat, in order that he might have no encumbrance in scaling the wall, he set forth, followed by his attendant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- She is no encumbrance here. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- The latter seemed to Tarzan a most useless encumbrance, so he threw his away. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- All the encumbrance of doubt, all the rubbish of indecision, must be removed at once, and the plain truth must be ascertained. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- But I happen to be an encumbrance in the way of another man. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Bewitching Mrs. Copperfield's encumbrance? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- A year ago I should have been of use to you, and now I should be an encumbrance; and I like you for telling me so quite honestly. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Very pretty, sir, upon my word; to send me on here, to be an encumbrance to my friends, so long before you vouchsafe to come! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- The servants were the next encumbrances to get rid of. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Nobody at home to keep house for me, said the clerk, with a cheerful sense of perfect freedom from all family encumbrances. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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