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in·road /ˈɪnrəʊd $ -roʊd/ noun [usually plural] make inroads into/on something a) USE/CONSUMEto 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 取得进展 We haven’t made much of an inroad into the backlog of work. 我们没有完成多少积压的工作。in·road nounChineseSyllable |