encroach

• vi. 侵食する；食い尽くす；浸食する
• 侵食

en-、入り込む、作る。-croach「かぎ針」、語源的にはcrook「かぎ針編み」と同じ。

encroach

encroach: [14] Something that encroaches on something else literally seizes it with its ‘hooks’. The word was borrowed from Old French encrochier ‘catch in a hook’, hence ‘seize’. This was a compound formed from the prefix en- and croc ‘hook’ (source of English crochet, crocket, and croquet), a noun borrowed from Old Norse krókr ‘hook’ (source of English crook). The verb’s original use in English was transitive, in the sense ‘seize wrongfully’; the modern sense ‘intrude, trespass’ did not develop until the 16th century.
=> crochet, crook, croquet

encroach (v.)

late 14c., "acquire, get," from Old French encrochier "seize, fasten on, hang on (to), cling (to); hang up, suspend," literally "to catch with a hook," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + croc "hook," from Old Norse krokr "hook" (see crook (n.)). Sense extended to "seize wrongfully" (c. 1400), then "trespass" (1530s). Related: Encroached; encroaches; encroaching.

1. I won 't encroach on your time any longer.

もうあなたの時間を取らない。

2.New housing is starting to encroach upon the surrounding fields.

新しい住宅が周囲の畑に伸び始めた。

3.Any attempt to encroach upon presidential prerogatives in this domain was quickly and firmly resisted.

大統領のこの分野での特権に挑戦しようとするいかなる行動も迅速かつ強固に制止された。

4.Traditionally men have compartmentalized their lives，never letting their personal lives encroach upon their professional lives.

伝統的に男は私生活を仕事に影響を与えないように自分の生活をはっきり分けている。

5.The new institutions do not encroach on political power.

新機構は政治権力を侵害していない。