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trespass

verb
🔊/ˈtrespəs/
🔊/ˈtrespæs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they trespass
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he / she / it trespasses
🔊/ˈtrespəsɪz/
🔊/ˈtrespæsɪz/
past simple trespassed
🔊/ˈtrespəst/
🔊/ˈtrespæst/
past participle trespassed
🔊/ˈtrespəst/
🔊/ˈtrespæst/
-ing form trespassing
🔊/ˈtrespəsɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtrespæsɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive] trespass (on something) to enter land or a building that you do not have permission or the right to enter擅自进入，非法侵入（他人的土地或建筑物）
    • He told me I was trespassing on private land.他说我在擅闯私人土地。🔊🔊
    • The sign on the fence said ‘No trespassing’.栅栏上的标语上写着“禁止擅自闯入”。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. [intransitive] (old use) to do something wrong做错事
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, trespas ‘passing across’, from medieval Latin transpassare (see trans- and the verb pass).

trespass

noun
🔊/ˈtrespəs/
🔊/ˈtrespæs/
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  1. [uncountable, countable] the act or crime of entering land or a building that you do not have permission or the right to enter非法侵入（他人土地）Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. [countable] (old use) something that you do that is morally wrong罪过 synonym sin
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, trespas ‘passing across’, from medieval Latin transpassare (see trans- and the verb pass).