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单词 incommode
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Definition of incommode in English:

incommode

verb ɪnkəˈməʊdˌɪnkəˈmoʊd
[with object]formal
  • Inconvenience (someone)

    they are incommoded by the traffic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The latter was the sector most incommoded by Russianization, for the kinds of jobs it fancied required good command of the Russian language (and sometimes, officially or unofficially, Russian birth).
    • Here it is shewn that ordinary paper would not be damaged by what the Defendants are doing, but only a particular kind of paper, and it is not shewn that there is heat such as to incommode the workpeople on the Plaintiff's premises.
    • A meeting at the Star and Garter in 1774 drew up new rules, with 22-yard pitches, 4-ball overs, stumping, and no-balling: ‘the wicket-keeper should not by any noise incommode the striker.’
    • On one occasion Spears amused himself by prolonging a telephone conversation in order to incommode Weygand who was bursting to use the lavatory.
    • Whether sleeping rough in the remotest places or enjoying the fauniferous hospitality of the locals in inhabited ones, being incommoded was somehow integral to the experience.
    Synonyms
    inconvenience, cause inconvenience to, bother, impose on, create difficulties for, disturb, put out, disoblige

Origin

Late 16th century: from French incommoder or Latin incommodare, from in- 'not' + commodus 'convenient'.

 
 

Definition of incommode in US English:

incommode

verbˌinkəˈmōdˌɪnkəˈmoʊd
[with object]formal
  • Inconvenience (someone)

    they are incommoded by the traffic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here it is shewn that ordinary paper would not be damaged by what the Defendants are doing, but only a particular kind of paper, and it is not shewn that there is heat such as to incommode the workpeople on the Plaintiff's premises.
    • Whether sleeping rough in the remotest places or enjoying the fauniferous hospitality of the locals in inhabited ones, being incommoded was somehow integral to the experience.
    • The latter was the sector most incommoded by Russianization, for the kinds of jobs it fancied required good command of the Russian language (and sometimes, officially or unofficially, Russian birth).
    • A meeting at the Star and Garter in 1774 drew up new rules, with 22-yard pitches, 4-ball overs, stumping, and no-balling: ‘the wicket-keeper should not by any noise incommode the striker.’
    • On one occasion Spears amused himself by prolonging a telephone conversation in order to incommode Weygand who was bursting to use the lavatory.
    Synonyms
    inconvenience, cause inconvenience to, bother, impose on, create difficulties for, disturb, put out, disoblige

Origin

Late 16th century: from French incommoder or Latin incommodare, from in- ‘not’ + commodus ‘convenient’.

 
 
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