| 词汇 | encroachment |
| 释义 | encroachment noun uk /ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ.mənt/ us /ɪnˈkroʊtʃ.mənt/ encroachmentnoun (TAKING FROM SOMEONE)[ C or U ] the act of gradually taking away someone else's rights, or taking control of someone's time, work, etc.: 逐步侵犯（权利）；慢慢侵占（时间）；逐渐干扰（工作） encroachment onThe new censorship laws are serious encroachments on freedom of expression.新的审查法是对言论自由的严重侵犯。 Controlling and being in charge aggrandize assert your authority assume assumption authoritative cynical get the better of someoneidiom get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom govern guiding principle harness peremptorily peremptory play Godidiom plenipotentiary police slow tame wrangle wrangler encroachmentnoun (SPORT)[ U ] in some sports, an instance of a player moving too close to the ball or an opponent before the play begins: The referee called a penalty for encroachment on the defence, allowing the offence to move up five yards. American football attempt audibilize back judge blitz blocker bootleg dime flare formation forward pass forward progress free play free safety point after pulling blocker pump-fake punt return specialist returner turnover Examples of encroachmentencroachment It was a significant political problem especially for the guilds, because in their view it was a severe encroachment on their corporate liberties. Licenses of vessels which become involved in trespassing and encroachment into the jurisdictional waters of other countries are forfeited and not reissued. Encroachment is a phenomenon generated by the existence of an increasing rural population with a large component of immigrants and refugees from neighbouring countries. Improved soil health means less erosion and higher productivity, thereby reducing the probability of encroachment of crops into natural ecosystems. This analysis speaks to a basic human reaction to encroachment and social stress and can be equally applicable to the precolonial environment. As a marker of ownership, it signaled an illegitimate encroachment upon common right. The present capitalist encroachment goes beyond the existing peasantry and in the process also reconstitutes the indigenous 'tribal' minorities into various forms. This protection may be sufficient to slow the drying of forest fuels and preserve them in a non-flammable state during most savanna fire encroachments. I am sure that the power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas. The purpose of both provisions was to restrict federal power to the national sphere while excluding state encroachment on that sphere. A resulting sense of parochial pride could have a socially galvanising effect on parishioners, particularly in instances where encroachments were threatened. The final commentary, that of human encroachment on nature, ties the two above themes together. The fragments were isolated by distances of 70-650 m from continuous forest and fenced to prevent encroachment by cattle. It was, in effect, a tool used by the state to regulate its citizens rather than to protect them from the encroachment of the state. Even the legal system recognizes this right to private decisionmaking and jealously guards it from unfair encroachment. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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