inroad

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。

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