Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #26434
encumbrances
负担，累赘；阻碍物
encumbrances is the plural of encumbrance.
a burden or impediment
指阻碍自由行动或增加困难的事物
- 1.
Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
妨碍物；必须承担的负担
- 2.
an onerous or difficult concern
繁重或困难的事务
- 3.
The state or condition of being encumbered.
被妨碍的状态或条件
- 4.
a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
对财产设定负担(如留置权或抵押)
- 5.
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
任何阻碍或造成负担的障碍物
财产留置权，产权负担；妨碍物；必须承担的负担；繁重或困难的事务；被妨碍的状态或条件；对财产设定负担(如留置权或抵押)
In use
The heavy backpack was an encumbrance during the hike.
Her lack of experience proved to be an encumbrance to the team's progress.
The new mortgage became an encumbrance on the property.
encumbrance on sth
表示某事物对另一事物的负担或阻碍。
The mortgage is an encumbrance on the property.
按揭是对房产的负担。
encumbrance to sth/sb
表示某事物对某事或某人的阻碍。
His lack of skills was an encumbrance to the team.
他缺乏技能是团队的累赘。
without encumbrance
常用于法律或财务语境，表示没有留置权或其他义务。
Connections
Collocations
- legal encumbrance
- 法律上的产权负担
- Before buying the house, the lawyer checked for any legal encumbrance on the title.买房前，律师检查了产权上是否有任何法律上的产权负担。
- financial encumbrance
- 财务负担
- The new equipment was a financial encumbrance the small shop could hardly afford.新设备给小店带来了几乎无法承受的财务负担。
- encumbrance on property
- 对财产的产权负担
- A mortgage is the most common encumbrance on property.抵押贷款是对财产最常见的产权负担。
- without encumbrance
- 毫无负担地，无阻碍地
- They wanted to sell the land without encumbrance of any kind.他们希望毫无任何负担地出售这块土地。
- burdensome encumbrance
- 沉重的负担
- The old tractor had become a burdensome encumbrance on the farm.那台旧拖拉机成了农场里一个沉重的负担。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象背上多了一个大包袱（encumbrance），被压得迈不开步——这就是“负担、累赘”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律文件、正式文书、书面论述 该词通常用于正式或法律语境，多出现在产权、抵押等法律文件以及严肃的书面论述中；日常口语中很少使用。
Grammar Note
常用于法律语境，指财产上的负担或障碍
Pronunciation & Spelling
encumbrance 读作 /ɪnˈkʌmbrəns/，重音在 -cum-，末尾是 /brəns/。没有常见的完整押韵词。remembrance 拼写尾部同为 -brance，但其重音在 /mem/，读音接近却不押韵；resemblance 以 -blance 结尾，读 /bləns/，与 /brəns/ 相近但有 l/r 之差；hindrance、entrance、governance 都有 -ance，读作 /əns/，需注意不要把拼写硬套成 /æns/。
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