The growing town soon encroachedon 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 encroachedon 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 encroachedon the school grounds.