Encumbrance
[ɪn'kʌmbr(ə)ns;en-] or [ɪn'kʌmbrəns]
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:卡蒂
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [Written also Incumbrance.] [1]. Load, clog, impediment, hinderance, dead weight, drag weight.[2]. Debt, claim, liability.
校對:罗尼
例句/造句/用法:
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She is no encumbrance here. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The latter seemed to Tarzan a most useless encumbrance, so he threw his away. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 雪麗.
- But I happen to be an encumbrance in the way of another man. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Bewitching Mrs. Copperfield's encumbrance? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- 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. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- 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! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The servants were the next encumbrances to get rid of. 威爾基·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. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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