encroach upon

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения постепенного вторжения в чьи-либо права, территорию или личное пространство, часто нежелательным или вредным образом.

A phrasal verb used to indicate gradually intruding on someone's rights, territory, or personal space, often in a way that is unwelcome or harmful.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

1. Intrude graduallyformal

   To gradually take away someone's rights, privileges, or personal space.

   Посягать

   • The new law encroaches upon citizens' privacy rights.
   • His constant questions encroached upon her personal time.
   • The expanding city encroaches upon the surrounding farmland.

   Synonymsimpinge onintrude oninvadeoverstep

   Antonymshonorleaverespectretreatwithdraw

2. Trespass or invadeformal

   To gradually advance beyond usual or acceptable limits, especially into someone else's territory.

   Посягать или вторгаться

   • The neighbor's fence encroaches upon our property.
   • The forest is slowly encroaching upon the abandoned village.
   • The company's expansion encroaches upon the local wildlife habitat.

   Synonymsimpingeinfringeintrudeinvadeoversteptrespass

   Antonymsrespectretreatwithdraw

Base verbencroach