encroach
encroach 英 [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ] 美 [ɪnˈkroʊtʃ]
vi. 蚕食，侵占
进行时:encroaching 过去式:encroached 过去分词:encroached 第三人称单数:encroaches 名词复数:encroaches
- To encroach is to overstep your bounds, to take over space or rights that belong to another, like your brother whose mess always encroaches on your side of the room you share.
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- vi. 蚕食，侵占
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1. China's auto industry is searching for its own distinctive look as Western rivals begin to encroach on its fast-growing turf.
就在西方竞争对手开始蚕食中国快速增长的汽车市场时，中国汽车产业正在寻找自己的独特“外观”。
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2. Building sites often encroach onto busy streets, prompting impatient drivers to swerve onto sidewalks and cut across city parks.
建筑工地经常侵占到繁忙的街道上，路过的司机只得霸占人行道甚至横跨城市公园。
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3. "Those banquets encroach and waste public money and should be regulated by law, so I am proposing a change to the criminal law to combat extravagancy," Zhao said.
赵林中表示："公款吃喝者侵占和浪费了社会财产，应当对此通过立法定罪，建议修改刑法设立'挥霍浪费罪'。"
- encroach (v.) late 14c., "acquire, get," from Old French encrochier "seize, fasten on, hang on (to), cling (to); hang up, suspend," literally "to catch with a hook," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + croc "hook," from Old Norse krokr "hook" (see crook (n.)). Sense extended to "seize wrongfully" (c. 1400), then "trespass" (1530s). Related: Encroached; encroaches; encroaching.
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