• vi. 侵占；蚕食；侵蚀
• vt. 侵犯

en-, 进入，使。-croach, 钩子，词源同crook, crochet.

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.

1. I won't encroach on your time any longer.

我不会再占用你的时间了。

来自《权威词典》

2. New housing is starting to encroach upon the surrounding fields.

新住宅开始延伸到周围的田地.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Any attempt to encroach upon presidential prerogatives in this domain was quickly and firmly resisted.

任何试图挑战总统在这个领域的特权的举动都遭到了迅速而坚定的制止。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Traditionally men have compartmentalized their lives, never letting their personal lives encroach upon their professional lives.

传统上男人把自己的生活划分清楚，他们不会让私生活影响其工作。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The new institutions do not encroach on political power.

新机构没有侵犯到政治权力。

来自辞典例句