reflexive and intransitive. To thrust oneself into any benefice, possession, office, or dignity to which one has no title or claim; to usurp on or…
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| 释义 | society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper [verb (intransitive)] > encroach on rights, etc. (6) intrude1534 reflexive and intransitive. To thrust oneself into any benefice, possession, office, or dignity to which one has no title or claim; to usurp on or… entrench1591 intransitive. With on, upon: to encroach or trespass on (something); (also) to come within the sphere of. interlope1603 intransitive. ‘To run between parties and intercept the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffick without a proper licence; to… to tramp on any one's toes1862 intransitive. To tread heavily or with force (on or upon something); to stamp (upon): = trample, v. 3 to tramp on any one's toes (figurative), to… encroach1875 intransitive. To trench or intrude usurpingly (esp. by insidious or gradual advances) on the territory, rights, or accustomed sphere of action of… Subcategories:— be transgressed (1) |
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