encroach upon

• 动词短语，指逐步侵入他人的权利、领地或私人空间，通常带有不受欢迎或有害的意味。

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.

不可数 · 不及物 · 短语动词，不可分

1. Intrude graduallyformal

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

   侵犯

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

   同义词impinge onintrude oninvadeoverstep

   反义词honorleaverespectretreatwithdraw

2. Trespass or invadeformal

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

   侵犯或侵占

   • 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.

   同义词impingeinfringeintrudeinvadeoversteptrespass

   反义词respectretreatwithdraw

基本动词encroach