Inroad

(noun.) an encroachment or intrusion; 'they made inroads in the United States market'.

(noun.) an invasion or hostile attack.

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• I learnt so much from himself in an inroad I once, despite his reserve, had the daring to make on his confidence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• His efforts to paint historical pictures rather than portraits, and his share in paying off certain debts of his father’s, had made great inroads on the money he had saved. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Many were doubly eager to quit a nook of ground now become their prison, which appeared unable to resist the inroads of ocean's giant waves. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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