• vi. 侵占；蠶食；侵蝕
• vt. 侵犯

en-, 進入，使。-croach, 鉤子，詞源同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.

我不會再占用你的時間了。

來自《權威詞典》

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

新住宅開始延伸到周圍的田地.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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

任何試圖挑戰總統在這個領域的特權的舉動都遭到了迅速而堅定的制止。

來自柯林斯例句

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

傳統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。

來自柯林斯例句

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

新機構沒有侵犯到政治權力。

來自辭典例句