encroach upon

基本解释

A citizen's lawful property shall be protected by law, and no organization or individual may appropriate, encroach upon, destroy or illegally seal up, distrain, freeze or confiscate it.
公民的合法财产受法律保护，禁止任何组织或者个人侵占、哄抢、破坏或者非法查封、扣押、冻结、没收。
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The irony in his proposal is that such a guest-worker programme would necessarily encroach upon a federal prerogative.
讽刺的是,犹他州的这项外籍劳工计划将必然侵犯联邦特权。
In some cultures, these values are being equated with the ugly face of modernity and are seen to encroach upon cherished identities.
在一些文化中，这些价值观被等同于现代化的丑恶嘴脸，并被视为是对他们所珍视的特有文化的侵犯。

The irony in his proposal is that such a guest-worker programme would necessarily encroach upon a federal prerogative.
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Some of Neonode's representatives said that it wouldn't be possible to integrate the full set into a car, as one gesture may encroach upon another, but they also said that the company was speaking to a few excited manufacturers.
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