| 单词 | encumber |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [in'kʌmbə] |
| 解释 | v.妨害，阻碍 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 妨害, 阻碍(to impede or hamper) 【记】 en+cumber(躺)→躺在 里边→妨害 【同】 同根词：recumbent( 斜躺的) 【例】 He is encumbered with debts. |
| 字源 | encumber (v.) early 14c., "burden, vex, inconvenience," from Old French encombrer "to block up, hinder, thwart," from Late Latin incombrare, from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + combrus "barricade, obstacle," probably from Latin cumulus "heap." Meaning "hinder, hamper" is attested in English from late 14c. Related: Encumbered; encumbering. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 妨害; 阻碍; 使负担法律义务或债务 【记】cumber(v 阻碍), cumb躺－躺在马路上－妨害(交通) 【参】recumbent(adj 靠着的; 斜躺着的; 休息的); 【反】remove impediment(除去阻碍) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】en 使 + cumber 躺下，使人躺下，因为施加的压力太重了→沉重，阻碍 【相关】decumbent 躺下，encumber 阻碍，incumbency 职责义务，procumbent 俯卧的, 匍匐，recumbent 靠着的, 斜躺的，succumb屈服 |
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