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

• He says desert encroachment could cause widespread hunger.
  他说，沙漠侵蚀可以造成广泛的饥饿。
• The news comes amid new evidence of the rapid encroachment of the internet into the public's shopping habits.
  与此同时，有新的证据表明互联网迅速影响了公众的购物习惯。
• Both the film and the book depict the encroachment of the Han Chinese population on the Mongol plains, which leads to the killing off of the wolves and the gradual destruction of the grasslands.
  影片和书中都描写了汉族人口对蒙古平原的侵入，导致狼群被杀，草原逐渐遭到破坏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the Holy Land local churches are caught between Israeli encroachment on their property and Islamist bids to monopolise Palestinian life.
  在耶路撒冷圣地，当地的教堂受到两方面的夹击：以色列人对基督教财产的侵蚀和巴勒斯坦人独占耶路撒冷的要求。
• The obvious aim of such a reconstruction is to protect macroeconomics from the encroachment of the methods and habits of the mathematician.
  重建经济学的目的，显然是保护宏观经济学不受数学家方法和习性的侵蚀。
• 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。