Encroach
[ɪn'krəʊtʃ;en-] or [ɪn'krotʃ]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.
(n.) Encroachment.
編輯:维尔玛
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Trespass, intrude, infringe, trench, make inroad, make invasion, advance stealthily.
弗朗辛校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Invade, trespass, intrude, transgress, infringe
ANT:Respect, recognize, observe
布莱恩錄入
解釋/意思:
v.i. to seize on the rights of others: to intrude: to trespass.—n. Encroach′er.—adv. Encroach′ingly.—n. Encroach′ment act of encroaching: that which is taken by encroaching.
杜安整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Left to themselves, they tend to encroach on one another. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Check me if I encroach. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- My uncle has been too good for me to encroach. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- How you encroach! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Rome provoked the war by encouraging the Numidians to encroach upon Carthage until the Carthaginians were goaded to fight in despair. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Encroach, presume, and the game is up. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Their former attitudes and their former silence were once more first encroached upon by Pancks. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Without encroaching on forbidden ground, we may venture to say that there can be no doubt between ourselves of that fact. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He can, in this case, both restore the capital, and pay the interest, without alienating or encroaching upon any other source of revenue. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It is a tax which very few people could pay, without encroaching more or less upon their capitals. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I am, perhaps, encroaching upon the next dues, but the winter is likely to be severe, and our poor old people must be helped. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Do not be afraid of my running into any excess, of my encroaching on your privilege of universal good-will. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The stairs were still carpetless, and on the way up to her room she was arrested on the landing by an encroaching tide of soapsuds. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- You see now, my queenly Blanche, began Lady Ingram, she encroaches. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The prodigal perverts it in this manner: By not confining his expense within his income, he encroaches upon his capital. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The expense of the society, in this case, exceeds its revenue, and necessarily encroaches upon its capital. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
格里菲思校對