Encroaching
[in'krəutʃiŋ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) gradually intrusive without right or permission; 'we moved back from the encroaching tide'; 'invasive tourists'; 'trespassing hunters' .
杰克校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encroach
校對:梅勒妮
例句/造句/用法:
- 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.
校對:梅勒妮