15. Some people tend to __________ themselves with too much luggage when they go travelling.
(A) hallucinate
(B) ingratiate
(C) encumber
(D) infringe

hallucinate      vt. 及物動詞  使產生幻覺

vi. 不及物動詞      出現幻覺

ingratiate                vt. 及物動詞          使得到...歡心; 迎合

encumber       vt.[(+with)][H]

1.妨礙; 拖累

She was encumbered with debts.她為債務所累。

2.塞滿; 阻塞

The room was encumbered with old furniture.

這間屋子堆滿了舊傢俱。

infringe   同義詞violate, break, trespass, overstep

vt. 及物動詞  違犯; 侵犯; 違反

This action infringed the constitution.這種行為違反了憲法。

vi. 不及物動詞      侵犯; 侵害[(+on/upon)]

Sorry to have infringed upon your property-rights.對不起, 我侵犯了您的產權。

infringe upon       侵犯

Be careful not to infringe upon the rights of other people.注意別去侵犯他人的權益。

infringing product              侵權產品

fringe      同義詞border, trimming, edge, brim

n. 名詞 [C]

1.穗, 緣飾, 流蘇; 蓬邊

2.穗狀物; (頭髮的)劉海

She wore her hair in a fringe. 她留著劉海。

3.邊緣; 界線[P1][(+of)]

They put up tents on the fringes of the woods.他們在樹林邊緣搭起帳篷。

4.初級知識

vt. 及物動詞

1.加穗於, 在...上裝以緣飾[(+with)]

2.是...的邊緣

The ancient city was fringed with wall.這座古城四周圍著城牆。

A line of palm trees fringe the swimming pool.

游泳池邊緣圍了一圈棕櫚樹。

a.[B]

1.邊緣的, 外部的

2.【美】從屬的; 附加的

These measures will help reduce fringe costs.這些措施有助於減少附加費用。

3.極端的, 偏激的

The disturbance was made by a fringe group.騷亂是由一個偏激集團製造的。

fringed           加穗的, 帶邊飾的

fringing作穗材料, 緣飾料子

fringe benefit       額外福利

fringe theatre       【英】票價低廉的實驗劇場(類似美國的百老匯)

lunatic fringe       狂熱者; 極端主義者

fringed iris    【植】蝴蝶花

fringing reef【地】裙礁