The growing town soon encroached on the surrounding countryside.

这个不断扩大的城市不久便将周围的农村变成了市区。

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Bernard Bailyn argues, however, that the "Americans" who encroached on Native American land during the Revolution had been British only a few years before.

然而，伯纳德·贝林认为，在大革命期间侵占美洲原住民土地的“美国人”几年前还是英国人。

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New office buildings have encroached on the school grounds.

新办公楼蚕食了学校的操场。

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Logging and development have encroached on catchment areas, reducing their capacity to retain rainwater.

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Instead, over the past 20 years the European consortium has encroached on Boeing's dominant market share.

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Hundreds of thousands of acres of forestland have been destroyed and flames have encroached on Portugal's third largest city, Coimbra.

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