| 释义 |
make inroads into / on stha. to have an important effect or influence on something, especially by taking something away from it侵占; 削弱:•Video is making huge inroads into attendance figures at movie theaters (=taking away its customers) .录像正大量夺走电影院的观众。•They have made significant inroads into the European market.他们已成功占领欧洲市场。•The administrative workload is making massive inroads into our working day (=taking away time) .行政事务占去了我们大量的工作时间。b. to make some progress towards achieving something difficult进展:•We haven't made much of an inroad into the backlog of work.积压的工作我们没有完成多少。 |