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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Commercial banks should protect the legal rights and interests of their depositors against encroachment by any unit and individual.
  商业银行应当保障存款人的合法权益不受任何单位和个人的侵犯。
• It should be remembered that in the late 1940s the US rejected the creation of an international trade organisation because of fears of encroachment on national sovereignty.
  人们应记得，上世纪40年代末，由于担心国家主权受到侵犯，美国曾拒绝建立一个国际性的贸易组织。
• Discuss the similarities and differences, and how they affect the adaptiveness of each species, particularly in view of human encroachment into their habitats.
  讨论其相似和差别，又他们如何怎影响每个物种的适应性，特别是当人类侵入它们的栖息地时。
• 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。
• Person freedom is the person that points to a citizen ( include spirit and body) do not suffer imprison illegally, ransack, cross-question, reach encroachment freedom.
  人身自由是指公民的人身（包括精神和肉体）不受非法拘禁、搜查、审问、及侵犯的自由。
• 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。
• 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。