[no obj.](encroach on/upon)intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right) 侵占,侵害,侵犯(个人领域,权利) rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room. 她本来可以呆在自己的房间里而不去干涉他的隐私。 ■advance gradually and in a way that causes damage 侵蚀 the sea has encroached all round the coast. 海水侵蚀了整个海岸。
派生 encroacher noun encroachment noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'obtain unlawfully, seize'; formerly also as incroach): from Old French encrochier 'seize, fasten upon', from en- 'in, on' + crochier (from croc 'hook', from Old Norse krókr)