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encroach

verb
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ/
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they encroach
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ/
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ/
he / she / it encroaches
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃɪz/
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃɪz/
past simple encroached
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃt/
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃt/
past participle encroached
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃt/
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃt/
-ing form encroaching
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃɪŋ/
/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] encroach (on/upon something) (disapproving) to begin to affect or use up too much of somebody’s time, rights, personal life, etc.侵占(某人的时间);侵犯(某人的权利);扰乱(某人的生活)
    • I won't encroach on your time any longer.我不会再占用你的时间了。
    • He never allows work to encroach upon his family life.他从不让工作扰乱他的家庭生活。
    • Gradually the negative feelings encroached into her work.负面情绪逐渐侵入了她的工作。
  2. [intransitive] encroach (on/upon something) to slowly begin to cover more and more of an area侵蚀,蚕食(地区)
    • The growing town soon encroached on the surrounding countryside.这个不断扩大的城镇不久便将周围的农村变成了市区。
    • the encroaching tide (= that is coming in)不断涌向陆地的潮水
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘obtain unlawfully, seize’; formerly also as incroach): from Old French encrochier ‘seize, fasten upon’, from en- ‘in, on’ + crochier (from croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr).

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