| 词汇 | encumbering |
| 释义 | encumbering present participle ofencumber encumber verb[ T ] formaluk /ɪnˈkʌm.bər/ us /ɪnˈkʌm.bɚ/ to weigh someone or something down, or to make it difficult for someone to do something: 使…负担沉重；妨碍，阻碍；拖累 be encumbered with/byToday, thankfully, women tennis players are not encumbered with/by long, heavy skirts and high-necked blouses.幸好今天的女子网球运动员打球时不用受笨重的长裙和高领衬衫的束缚了。 Synonym constrain Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably bottleneck derail fireproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusive prejudice prevent preventable preventative scuttle smother You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing difficulties for oneself or others Related wordencumbrance Examples of encumberingencumbering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Studies of mouse vision require a reliable measure of retinal sensitivity without encumbering effects of anesthesia. It would therefore seem unnecessary for the accounts to be retained locally encumbering the warehouses of local authorities for a longer period than two years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the difficulties of agriculture since the last war has been the existence of a great deal of dead wood encumbering the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But equally, we see no point in encumbering the statute book with provisions which are not needed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We achieved the right balance by insisting on such assessments where they are relevant but without encumbering the planning system by insisting on them in cases where they are not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is equally important, however, is that the efficiency of financial supervision be enhanced without encumbering the financial sector with an excessive supervisory burden or restricting competition. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Markerless motion capture aims at simplifying the motion capture process by avoiding encumbering the performer with markers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He criticized ostentatious, costly, and encumbering women's clothing, materialistic commercialism, and the wealthy class which monopolized society's economic resources. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On this album, too, the songs all embrace a single subject: each tells a story about people who try to cope with an emotional encumbering situation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Haley described the experience of wearing all of the prosthetics and make-up as pretty encumbering. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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