| 词组 | inroad |
| 释义 | inroad Inroad, according to our evidence, is often used in the plural, but the significant number of citations for its use in the singular precludes our labeling inroad as usually used in the plural. When inroad is used with a preposition, it is used with one of any number. Occurring frequently are into and on: • ... he had drunk three times as much brandy as was his custom and had made a great inroad into the package of Egyptian Prettiests which he never smoked after supper —Jean Stafford, Children Are Bored on Sunday, 1953 • ... the development of synthetic materials made deep inroads into the use of leather —John F. W. Anderson, in The New International Year Book, 1951 • ... the appearance, if not the reality, of Republican inroads into a Democratic stronghold —Iver Peterson, N.Y. Times, 7 Nov. 1979 • ... so harassed by Sutter's threats and commands that they made little inroad on the valley supply of pelts —Julian Dana, The Sacramento, 1939 • ... another sharp inroad on the principle of free speech —Civil Liberties, February 1954 • ... the continuing inroads on moviegoing... via the Public Broadcasting Service, cable, and Home Box Office —Judith Crist, Saturday Rev., 8 Jan. 1977 Inroad is also used, somewhat less frequently, with in or upon: • ... the idea of making inroads in the Democratic camp to split off the Southerners —C. Vann Woodward, Reunion and Reaction, 2d ed. rev., 1956 • ... Maharishi and meditation have made remarkable inroads in colleges and high schools —Malcolm Scully, Saturday Rev., 14 Apr. 1973 • Sometimes the inroads upon justice are subtle and insidious —Selected Writings of Benjamin N. Car-dozo, ed. Margaret E. Hall, 1947 • ... this inroad upon my rural peace is in the highest degree distasteful —John Buchan, Castle Gay, 1930 Very occasionally, inroad is used with against, among, or with: • ... their power to make dramatic inroads against an injustice of long standing —Milton S. Eisenhower, Johns Hopkins Mag, February 1966 • ... trade unionism made some inroads among the skilled construction crafts —Murray Ross, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, November 1947 • A rapidly growing Mexican sulphur industry ... is now making inroads with domestic customers — Newsweek, 2 July 1956 |
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