1.(逐渐)侵入,侵犯;侵略,侵占;侵害;侵蚀 (on; upon)
1.to gradually take something such as power or authority from someone else
2.to cover more land gradually
3.to gradually reduce the amount of time that someone has available to do what they want to do
1.When he turned to stare, it was only a clump of broken stone once more, half-shrouded in moss and encroaching earth.
当他转身凝视的时候，他所看到的，只不过是一堆碎石，柱子的一半，裹着苔藓和泥土。
2.A hoot owl's mournful cry floated out of the encroaching darkness and Fannie tightened her grip on her mother's hand.
一声猫头鹰的哀鸣从漫涌而来的黑暗中浮出，范妮抓紧了妈妈的手。
3.There was no way the tree could last, between the encroaching fungus and its chain belt strangling its trunk.
在病菌侵犯和铁链把树干勒死的双重情形之下，这棵树已经没有办法继续活下去。
4.Through the bedroom window he could see the last streaks of grey being inked out of the sky by the encroaching night.
透过卧室的窗户，他看到缕缕灰白色的余辉正被夜色侵吞。
5.The camera's spotlight, when used in its burst mode, can temporarily blind encroaching inpiduals within a one-mile radius.
当启动触发模式时，摄像机的聚光灯能使入侵者暂时看不到一英里内的物体。
6.And rather than allow the writing to be washed away by the ocean, the letters actually form waterways that absorb the encroaching tide.
为了不让字迹被海水冲掉，字体本身就形成了一条条水道，可以吸收渗入的海水。
7.After all, British troops were encroaching upon the lives of American colonists and militias were being assembled to prepare for war.
英国军队正在迫近美国殖民者的生活并且民兵正在集结备战。
8.Other companies, meanwhile, may have rolled out new products and services and begun encroaching on your territory.
但又存在其他公司，通过开发了新的产品和服务，又渐渐侵入您的商业领域。
9.The "Economic Development" , acting like a slow poison, is little by little encroaching the spirits of folk cultures.
“经济的发展”，就像慢性毒药一样，正在一点点的啃食着民俗文化的精髓。
10.On this surface the encroaching Muskeg Sea developed a carbonate bank fringed by coastal sabkhas in which gypsiferous deposits were formed .
在这个地表上，侵入的马斯恺格海发育了一个碳酸盐滩，其边缘有海岸萨勃哈石膏质沉积形成。