encroachment

英 [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃmənt]

美 [ɪnˈkroʊtʃmənt]

n.  侵占; 侵蚀; 蚕食

复数：encroachments　

法律

BNC.14876 / COCA.16225

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 侵占;侵蚀;蚕食
  You can describe the action or process of encroaching on something asencroachment.
  1. It's a sign of the encroachment of commercialism in medicine...
     这是医药界被逐渐商业化的一个的征兆。
  2. The problem was to safeguard sites from encroachment by property development.
     问题是要保护遗址免受房地产开发商的侵占。

英英释义

noun

• influencing strongly
  1. they resented the impingement of American values on European culture
  Synonym:impingementimpact
• entry to another's property without right or permission
  Synonym:trespassviolationintrusionusurpation
• any entry into an area not previously occupied
  1. an invasion of tourists
  2. an invasion of locusts
  Synonym:invasionintrusion

双语例句

• Iran's role in Western strategy was to pose a barrier to Soviet encroachment that could not be surmounted short of all-out invasion.
  伊朗在西方战略中的作用是对苏联的侵犯构成一道屏障，除非全力入侵，否则无法逾越。
• The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.
  自由最大的危险潜藏于热情、善意但没有良好理解力的人们的隐伏的侵蚀中。
• Article 109 If a person suffers damages from preventing or stopping encroachment on state or collective property, or the property or person of a third party, the infringer shall bear responsibility for compensation, and the beneficiary may also give appropriate compensation.
  第一百零九条因防止、制止国家的、集体的财产或者他人的财产、人身遭受侵害而使自己受到损害的，由侵害人承担赔偿责任，受益人也可以给予适当的补偿。
• I believe that they will be even bigger than the euro itself because they are a significant encroachment on national sovereignty on several levels.
  我认为，它们的影响甚至会超过欧元本身，因为它们在多个层面严重侵蚀了国家主权。
• He believes that continued peace requires not just restraint of armed encroachment.
  他相信持久的和平不只是要求制止武装侵略。
• He says desert encroachment could cause widespread hunger.
  他说，沙漠侵蚀可以造成广泛的饥饿。
• Instead, it looked suspiciously like an attempt to defend a popular local brand after a vigorous internet campaign opposing Coke's encroachment.
  相反，它看上去十分可疑，像是在试图保护一个受欢迎的本土品牌。做出该裁定前，中国网民积极发起了反对可口可乐蚕食汇源的运动。
• Human encroachment on these natural sites could also increase the risk of contact with diseased animals.
  人类入侵这些自然地点还可能增加与生病动物接触的风险。
• European wildcat, marginalized by hunting and human encroachment, pauses during a daylight hunt in Moldova.
  一只受到打猎与人类侵犯而备受排斥的欧洲野猫在摩尔多瓦白天猪食时间小憩下。
• A sand-break forest stops the encroachment of drifting sand.
  防***阻止流沙入侵。