inroad

inroad
noun
  1. (一般作make inroads in/into/on)an instance of something beingaffected, encroached on, or destroyed by something else
    侵袭;侵占;破坏
    the firm is beginning to make inroads into the UK market.
    公司开始进军英国市场。
    serious inroads had now been made into my pitiful cash reserves.
    现在我可怜的存款已所剩无几。
  2. a hostile attack; a raid
    敌对攻击;突袭
    the inroads and cross-border raiding of the Grahams.
    对格雷厄姆斯的敌对攻击和跨国界突袭。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): from in + road (from an early use in the sense 'riding')
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