亚洲网紅露点

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incursion

[ in-kur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]

noun

  1. a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid:

    The bandits made brief incursions on the village.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. a harmful inroad.
  3. a running in:

    the incursion of sea water.



incursion

/ 瑟n藞k蓽藧s瑟v; 瑟n藞k蓽藧蕛蓹n /

noun

  1. a sudden invasion, attack, or raid
  2. the act of running or leaking into; penetration
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • incursive, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of incursion1

1400鈥50; late Middle English < Latin 颈苍肠耻谤蝉颈艒苍- (stem of 颈苍肠耻谤蝉颈艒 ) raid, equivalent to incurs ( us ) (past participle of incurrere to incur ) + -颈艒苍- -ion; excursion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of incursion1

C15: from Latin 颈苍肠耻谤蝉颈艒 onset, attack, from incurrere to run into; see incur
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Earlier this week, North Korea said its soldiers had helped "completely liberate" Russia's Kursk border region, eight months after Ukraine's surprise incursion.

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Other chroniclers, film-makers and diarists struggled to convey in words and pictures the scenes that made unwanted incursions into their minds.

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Ukraine's incursion was launched last August as an attempt to create a buffer zone on the border between the two countries that would prevent Russian forces from being deployed on Ukraine's eastern front line.

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Trump had accused Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua of "perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory incursion" on US territory.

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This has become life in southwestern Syria, with the threat of ever-deeper Israel incursions an omnipresent fear and deadly confrontations with residents feeding the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Syria鈥檚 new authorities.

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