Incumbrance

(n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

(n.) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an estate, which may diminish its value.

录入:威廉姆斯

• I was left helpless, with the prospect of a coming incumbrance in the shape of a child. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I was a nuisance, an incumbrance, and a pest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It is all over now, doubtless--I am an incumbrance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I also saw that I was an incumbrance in the mind of the elder, too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I have a lady, said Graham; but she will be neither hindrance nor incumbrance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I should prefer the course which will the soonest relieve you of the incumbrance and remove her from her present position. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In the year 179-, when he was just clear of these incumbrances, he gave the odds of 100 to 1 (in twenties) against Kangaroo, who won the Derby. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• John doesn't find me interesting any longer, so he leaves his faded wife and goes to see his pretty neighbor, who has no incumbrances. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I'll clear the estate now with the ready money, he thought and rapidly calculated its incumbrances and the improvements which he would make. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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