The shrubs encroached ever more on the twisting drive.
灌木丛蚕食了越来越多蜿蜒的车道。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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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.