Word · Frequency #13908
inroad
侵入；侵占；蚕食
核心释义
常以复数形式 inroads 出现，用于 make inroads into/on 表示“大量消耗或影响”
an encroachment or intrusion
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入侵；侵犯；侵袭；深入敌方领地。
An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.
入侵；袭击；侵犯；入侵；侵犯；侵袭；深入敌方领地。；侵入；得手；侵害；[法] 袭击
用法In use
The new app is making rapid inroads into the online shopping market.
用法提示：inroads 是 inroad 的复数形式，此处作名词，与 make...into 搭配，表示“打入、侵入”。
Working extra hours has made inroads on my weekends.
用法提示：inroads 作名词复数，与 make...on 搭配，表示“侵占、占用”。
The rising sea has made slow inroads into the village's coastal fields.
用法提示：inroads 作名词复数，与 make...into 搭配，表示“逐渐侵蚀、侵入”。
make inroads into/on sth
inroad 常用复数形式 inroads，表示逐渐侵占或取代，多用于商业或社会领域。
Online shopping has made significant inroads into the retail sector.
网上购物已对零售业造成显著冲击。
the inroads of sth on/upon sth
这是较正式的名词用法，强调某事物对另一事物逐渐造成的损害或侵入。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- make inroads into
- 侵入；打入；对……产生明显影响
- The new app is making inroads into the online learning market.这款新应用正在打入在线学习市场。
- make inroads on
- 消耗；蚕食
- Healthcare costs are making inroads on household budgets.医疗费用正在蚕食家庭预算。
- significant inroads
- 重大进展；显著成效
- The campaign has made significant inroads in changing public opinion.这项运动在改变公众舆论方面取得了重大进展。
- military inroads
- 军事入侵；武装进犯
- The border was vulnerable to military inroads.边境容易受到军事入侵。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：in（进入）+ road（道路），想象敌军开进你的路，就是入侵、侵占。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：military or historical narrative、business or academic discussion (figurative) 该词比较正式，多用于书面语。本义指“入侵、袭击”，多见于军事或历史叙述；也常用于比喻义，表示“侵占、逐渐损害或取得进展”，多见于商业或学术语境。日常口语中较少见，常以复数形式 inroads 出现。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in the sound /əʊd/ and rhyme with each other. However, none rhymes with inroad, because inroad's primary stress is on the first syllable /ˈɪn-/, so its final syllable /-rəʊd/ is unstressed. The similarity is visual (the spelling patterns -oad, -ode) and in the final syllable sound only. Beware that inroad is not pronounced like 'in + road' with equal stress.
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.