encumbrance
noun [ C ] formal (old-fashioned mainly UK incumbrance) uk/ɪnˈkʌm.brəns/ us/ɪnˈkʌm.brəns/
累赘|负担
something that makes it difficult for you to do something
When you're walking 30 miles a day, the fewer encumbrances the better. 如果你一天要步行三十英里，越少赘物越好。
He has no patience for the irritations and encumbrances of celebrity. 他忍受不了做名人的烦恼和负担
I felt that I was a nuisance, an incumbrance.
- More examples
- Her cancer has not proved to be an encumbrance on her daily life.
- We enjoy exploring the city without the encumbrance of a car.
- The company has scrapped the encumbrance of fixed production targets.
- For him, memories of the past were merely an incumbrance.