English Dictionary

encroachment

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪŋˈkɹoʊt͡ʃmənt/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion. / An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.

日本語の意味

侵入：他人の領域や境界に無断で踏み込むこと。 / 領域の侵食：以前は明確であった境界を徐々に侵食していく行為。 / 権利の侵害：他者の所有物や権利に対する不当な干渉・侵害行為。

The encroachment of urban development into the wetlands has threatened many bird species.

都市開発が湿地に侵入したことで多くの鳥類が脅かされている。

意味（1）

An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.

意味（2）

An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.

The Legislative department derives a superiority in our Governments from other circumstances. Its constitutional powers being at once more extensive, and less susceptible of precise limits, it can, with the greater facility, mask, under complicated and indirect measures, the encroachments which it makes on the coördinate departments.

意味（3）

That which is gained by such unlawful intrusion.

意味（4）

(law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

encroachments （ plural ）