encumbrance

encumbrance
noun
  1. a burden or impediment
    负担,累赘;障碍物
    ■(Law)a mortgage or other charge on property or assets
    (律)(附带在财产或资产上的)抵押权(或债权)
    ■(archaic)a person, especially a child, who is dependent on someone else for support
    (古)受赡养者(尤指小孩)
语源
  1. Middle English (denoting an encumbered state; formerly also as incumbrance): from Old French encombrance, from encombrer 'block up' (see encumber)
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