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侵占，侵犯，侵害
1: to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
1：逐步地或者偷偷地侵犯他人的财产或者权利 2: to advance beyond the usual or proper limits 2：超越了通常或者合理的界限The history behind encroach is likely to hook you in. The word derives from the Middle English encrochen, which means “to get or seize.” The Anglo-French predecessor of encrochen is encrocher, which was formed by combining the prefix en- (in) with the noun croche (“hook”). Croche also gave us our word crochet, in reference to the hooked needle used in that craft. Encroach carries the meaning of “intrude,” both in terms of privilege or property. The word can also hop over legal barriers to describe a general advancement beyond desirable or normal limits (such as a hurricane that encroaches on the mainland).
词源词根演化：en- (“in”) + croche (“hook”) --> encrocher (Anglo-French) --> encrochen (Middle English, “to get or seize”) --> encroach (Modern. English)
encroach背后的故事可能会把你绕进去。这个词继承自中古英语的encrochen，意思是“取得或者抓住”，再往前找是Anglo-French祖先encrocher，是通过前缀en-（in）与名词croche（hook，钩子）组合构成，用于指代带勾的针。现代的encroach带有“侵入”的意味，可以指在权利或者财产方面。这个词还可以越过法律屏障来描述通常的不期望的进入，或者越过正常的界限（例如，飓风侵入到了美国大陆）。
注：hook sb. in：把某人勾住；hop over：越过
“The house had been abandoned for years, with peeling stucco, a half-buried swimming pool, the jungle encroaching on every side.”
— Paula McLain, Town & Country, August 2018这栋房子被遗弃好多年了，墙壁上的灰泥正在脱落，游泳池也被半掩埋了，杂草野林侵入到了房子的四周。
注：stucco：灰泥
“As algorithms are viewed as encroaching more and more on our everyday lives, and, importantly, the privacy of those lives, there is an increased clamour to make them available and accessible for scrutiny.”
— James Kitching, Computing, 2 Jan. 2019当算法越来越侵入到每个人的日常生活，而且，更重要的是到达我们的隐私部分了，也就有越来越多的声音要求这些算法被获取并进行审查。
注：algorithm：算法；clamour：也作clamor，喧闹，大声的要求；scrutiny：监视，细看，周密的调查
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