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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   encumber

   • IPA[inˈkəmbər]

   美式

   • v.
     restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult；saddle (a person or estate) with a debt or mortgage

   • verb: encumber, 3rd person present: encumbers, gerund or present participle: encumbering, past tense: encumbered, past participle: encumbered

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult she was encumbered by her heavy skirts they had arrived encumbered with families 同義詞 hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede, check, ... 更多cramp, inhibit, restrict, limit, constrain, restrain, bog down, retard, slow, slow down, stall, delay, inconvenience, disadvantage, handicap反義詞 aid, facilitate
   • ▪ saddle (a person or estate) with a debt or mortgage an estate heavily encumbered with debt
   • ▪ fill or block up (a place) we tripped over sticks and stones, which encumber most of the trail
3. • 更多解釋

   encumber

   • IPA[ɪnˈkʌmbə]

   英式

   • v.
     restrict or impede (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult: she was encumbered by her heavy skirts they had arrived encumbered with families

   Oxford Dictionary