记忆方法
将“cumbersome”分解为“cum-”和“-berse”，其中“cum-”可以联想到积累（积累的动作），而“-berse”可以想象为“be-”加上“-arse”（在英语中，“arse”是“屁股”的非正式说法）。结合起来，可以想象成有很多东西积累在屁股上，导致移动或携带变得非常困难和不便，从而记忆“cumbersome”表示重的、不便携的。
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中文词源
cumbersome 大而笨重的
来自cumber,拖累。
英语词源
- cumbersome (adj.)
- late 14c., from cumber (v.) + -some (1). Meaning "unwieldy, hard to carry" is from 1590s. Related: Cumbersomely; cumbersomeness.
权威例句
- 1. The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.
- 提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。
- 2. Our Intelligence Service was untrained, cumbersome, and almost wholly ineffectual.
- 我们的情报部门人员缺乏训练，机构臃肿，简直毫无用处。
- 3. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
- 他们正努力精简本来繁冗复杂的官僚体制。
- 4. The organization changed its cumbersome title to something easier to remember.
- 这家机构把它那复杂累赘的名称改得好记一些了。
- 5. It's rather cumbersome having to carry all these cases around.
- 把这些箱子都带着走动是件相当麻烦的事.