incursion
美音:
[ın´kə:ʒən
]英音:
[ın´kə:ʒən
]n.袭击,侵入
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incursion为短语/超纲词汇
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incursion
/ɪn'kɜ:ʃn; [US] -ʒn; ɪn`kɝʒən/
n (fml 文) ~ (into/on/upon sth)
1 sudden attack on or invasion of a place (not usu made in order to occupy it permanently) (对某地的)袭击, 侵犯(通常指非永久性的侵占)
*repel a sudden incursion of enemy troops (into/on one's territory) 击退敌军(对领土)的突然入侵.
2 (fig 比喻) inconvenient interruption of sb's time, privacy, etc; intrusion (对某人的时间、私生活等的)扰乱, 打扰
*I resent these incursions into/upon my leisure time. 屡次侵占我的闲暇时间, 我很反感.
incursion
n[C]formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin, from incurrere; INCUR]
a sudden attack into an area that belongs to other people
incursion into
a combined British and French incursion into China in 1857
the sudden arrival of something or someone into a place or activity where they do not belong or have not been before, used especially to say that they are not welcome
incursion into
The media was criticized for its thoughtless incursion into the domestic grief of the family.
the Japanese incursion into the U.S. domestic electronics market