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

• A sand-break forest stops the encroachment of drifting sand.
  防***阻止流沙入侵。
• He says desert encroachment could cause widespread hunger.
  他说，沙漠侵蚀可以造成广泛的饥饿。
• 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。
• Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always a temptation to invoke security "necessities" to justify an encroachment upon civil liberties.
  又因为其总是以至高重要性的面目出现，所以调用安全“需要”来使侵犯公民自由变得正当化就成了一种诱惑。
• Many business leaders object to what they regard as the growing encroachment by the state and other interest groups on their ability to run the company.
  许多商界领袖认为，政府和其它利益集团正日益削弱他们经营公司的能力，他们反对这种现象。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such visible signs of Chinese encroachment will feed the worries of many Europeans.
  这些可见的中国侵入的标识将会助长许多欧洲人的担忧。
• Educational unfairness is a direct encroachment of our children's equal right to receive education.
  受教育权在我国是一种宪法性权利。
• India is highly sensitive to Chinese encroachment on its borders.
  印度对中国在边境地区的动作极为敏感。