An encumbrance is the thing that encumbers you — the load, the extra bag, the rule, the claim that makes it difficult to do something or for something to happen.

An encumbrance encumbrance就是 is the thing that encumbers you讓你被encumber的東西 — the load負擔, the extra bag多的包袱, the rule規定, the claim主張 that makes it difficult讓某件事難以進行 to do something or for something to happen或難以發生。

In ordinary (rather formal) English it means a burden that slows you down. In law it is a named fact: a right or claim on land or a house, such as a bank loan on the property, that makes it less free to sell.

In ordinary (rather formal) English在一般（偏正式的）英文裡 it它 means是指 a burden that slows you down拖慢你的負擔。In law在法律上 it它 is是 a named fact一個有名字的事實：a right or claim on land or a house對土地或房子的權利或主張, such as a bank loan on the property比如房子上的銀行貸款, that makes it less free to sell讓它比較不能自由出售。

Taiwan students who read contracts will meet the legal sense; students who read novels will meet the “burden” sense. They look like one word because they are one idea: something stuck to you or to a thing, making life less simple.

Taiwan students who read contracts會看合約的台灣學生 will meet會遇到 the legal sense法律的意思; students who read novels會看小說的學生 will meet會遇到 the “burden” sense「負擔」的意思。They它們 look like one word看起來像一個字 because they are one idea因為其實是同一個概念：something stuck to you or to a thing黏在你身上或東西上的東西, making life less simple讓生活變得比較不單純。

Though actually, in a contract, encumbrance is not a feeling; it is a legal fact on paper.

Though actually不過其實, in a contract在合約裡, encumbrance encumbrance is not a feeling不是一種感覺; it它 is a legal fact on paper是寫在紙上的法律事實。