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encroach

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英 [?n'kr??t?; en-] 美[?n'krot?]

英英釋義實用場景例句

近義詞trespass invade intrude infringe interfere in break

vi. 侵占；蠶食；侵蝕
vt. 侵犯

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詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?encroaches;過去式:?encroached;過去分詞:?encroached;現(xiàn)在分詞:?encroaching;名詞:?encroachment;

助記提示

1. crook => croc "hook" => *croach "hook".
2. en- "in" + *croach "hook".
3. => literally "catch with a hook, catch in a hook", hence "seize".
4. => seize wrongfully. => intrude, trespass.
5. 同源詞：crook, crotch, crutch, crouch, encroach, crochet, crocket, croquet.

中文詞源

encroach 侵占

en-, 進入，使。-croach, 鉤子，詞源同crook, crochet.

英文詞源

encroach: encroach: [14] Something that encroaches on something else literally seizes it with its ‘hooks’. The word was borrowed from Old French encrochier ‘catch in a hook’, hence ‘seize’. This was a compound formed from the prefix en- and croc ‘hook’ (source of English crochet, crocket, and croquet), a noun borrowed from Old Norse krókr ‘hook’ (source of English crook). The verb’s original use in English was transitive, in the sense ‘seize wrongfully’; the modern sense ‘intrude, trespass’ did not develop until the 16th century.
=> crochet, crook, croquet
encroach (v.): late 14c., "acquire, get," from Old French encrochier "seize, fasten on, hang on (to), cling (to); hang up, suspend," literally "to catch with a hook," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + croc "hook," from Old Norse krokr "hook" (see crook (n.)). Sense extended to "seize wrongfully" (c. 1400), then "trespass" (1530s). Related: Encroached; encroaches; encroaching.

雙語例句

1. I won't encroach on your time any longer.: 我不會再占用你的時間了。

2. New housing is starting to encroach upon the surrounding fields.: 新住宅開始延伸到周圍的田地.

3. Any attempt to encroach upon presidential prerogatives in this domain was quickly and firmly resisted.: 任何試圖挑戰(zhàn)總統(tǒng)在這個領(lǐng)域的特權(quán)的舉動都遭到了迅速而堅定的制止。

4. Traditionally men have compartmentalized their lives, never letting their personal lives encroach upon their professional lives.: 傳統(tǒng)上男人把自己的生活劃分清楚，他們不會讓私生活影響其工作。