【每日一词】encumber - / in-ˈkəm-bər / vt. 阻塞；妨碍；拖累;

　　1: weigh down, burden

　　tourists encumbered by heavy luggage

　　2: to impede or hamper the function or activity of : hinder

　　negotiations encumbered by a lack of trust

　　3: to burden with a legal claim (such as a mortgage)

　　encumber an estate

　　Synonyms

　　clog，cramp，embarrass，fetter，hamper，handcuff，handicap，hinder，hobble，hog-tie，hold back，hold up，impede，inhibit，interfere (with)，manacle，obstruct，shackle，short-circuit，stymie，tie up，trammel

　　Examples of encumber in a Sentence

　　These rules will only encumber the people we're trying to help.

　　Lack of funding has encumbered the project.

　　Recent Examples on the Web

　　The company claimed Lisa Marie borrowed $3.8 million and gave them a deed of trust encumbering Graceland as security prior to her 2023 death.

　　—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024

　　The local road signs were missing, to encumber the invaders.

　　—Susan Mathison, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024

　　These concerns, and an overall lack of disclosure regarding the company’s supply chain, have been one of the factors encumbering Shein’s increasingly winding road to an IPO.

　　—Noor Lobad, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019

　　This is remarkable given that they’re so heavily encumbered by government regulations.

　　—Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024

　　双语例句

　　They can't encumber us on the road.

　　他们不会在路上拖累大家。

　　They would interrupt and encumber me.

　　他们会妨碍我，打搅我。

　　You shouldn’t let those heavy books encumber you.

　　你不该让这些沉重的书阻碍你学习。