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

• Severe pain, by impairing a patient's ability to listen and understand, is an encumbrance to the informed consent process.
  剧烈疼痛能够削弱患者的倾听及理解能力，因而成为知情同意过程的障碍。
• Am I a encumbrance in your eyes?
  在你看来，我已经成为累赘？
• 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。
• Statement of expenditures and encumbrance compared with appropriation
  支出及保留数与核定拨款数比较表
• America would free itself of the encumbrance of formal alliances and multilateral diplomacy.
  美国将从正式联盟和多边外交的障碍中抽身而退。
• Now I should be an encumbrance.
  现在我成为累赘了。
• Magdalena considered the past an irrelevant encumbrance.
  玛格达莱娜把过去看作毫不相干的累赘。
• 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。
• The share rights are free from any dispute over ownership, any pledge or any other property encumbrance;
  无所有权争议且没有设定质押及任何其他权利限制；
• 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。