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单词 overreach
释义
overreach
verb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vərˈiːtʃ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈriːtʃ/
overreach yourself
tofailbytryingtoachieve,spend, or do more than you canmanage:
自不量力，好高骛远；贪功致败
Companies that overreach themselvessoonfindthemselves indebt.好高骛远的公司很快就会债务缠身。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failing and doing badly
  • abjectly
  • at-risk
  • backbencher
  • balls(something)up
  • be on your beam endsidiom
  • blow
  • bomb
  • collapse
  • fall to piecesidiom
  • fight a losing battleidiom
  • flog
  • flog a dead horseidiom
  • flop
  • founder
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • screw
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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[T]
to do more thanyourauthorityallows:
Some U. N.officialschargedthat theinvestigatorshad overreachedtheirauthority.
It was awarningto the Floridacourtnot to overreachitspowers.
More examples
  • Statehealthauthoritiesare overreachingtheirauthority.
  • TheSupremeCourtruledthat the FDA had overreacheditsauthority.
  • When acourtoverreachesitsboundsanddecidestolegislatefrom thebench, it'sprettyhard tooverturnthat.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad and wrong behaviour
  • act out
  • angel
  • ASB
  • astray
  • atyourworstidiom
  • beup to no goodidiom
  • go off the railsidiom
  • go round
  • impossible
  • in flagrante
  • incorrigible
  • rakish
  • rakishly
  • rakishness
  • rascally
  • reprehensible
  • villainy
  • while the cat's away, the mice will playidiom
  • worst
  • wrongdoing
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overreach
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈəʊ.vər.iːtʃ/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚˌriːtʃ/

overreachnoun[C or U](DOING TOO MUCH)

theactof doing more thanyourauthorityallows:
Courtsactas asafeguardagainstexecutiveoverreach inindividualcounter-terrorismcases.
Already there aresignsofregulatoryoverreach.
More examples
  • Advocates forillegalimmigrantscondemnedtheDNAcollectionas an overreach by thegovernment.
  • There's arealdangerof overreach ," says Ross Baker, apoliticalscientistat Rutgers University
  • The Democrats onCapitolHillrecognisetherisksof overreach.
  • Hisabuseofpowerfindingwas theresultof an "overreach" by theinvestigatorwho went beyond "theintentof theoriginal"inquiry.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad and wrong behaviour
  • act out
  • angel
  • ASB
  • astray
  • atyourworstidiom
  • beup to no goodidiom
  • go off the railsidiom
  • go round
  • impossible
  • in flagrante
  • incorrigible
  • rakish
  • rakishly
  • rakishness
  • rascally
  • reprehensible
  • villainy
  • while the cat's away, the mice will playidiom
  • worst
  • wrongdoing
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overreachnoun[C or U](INJURY)

aninjuryto a horse'sfootcausedby thefootreachingtoofarforwardwhen thehorseismoving:
He was in theleadwhen hesufferedan overreach and had toretire.
More examples
  • Hesufferedanastyoverreach.
  • The six-year-oldsufferedan overreach whenwinningthe Tingle Creek Chase.
  • Lingo wasruledout of theSupremeNovices' Hurdle with an overreach.
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Injuring and injuries
  • at-risk
  • be in the warsidiom
  • bite
  • boo-boo
  • cripple
  • disable
  • harm
  • injure
  • injury
  • lesion
  • lesional
  • reinjury
  • scarred
  • scathe
  • sprain
  • strain
  • trample
  • trauma
  • victim
  • wounded
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(Definition ofoverreachfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
overreach
verb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈriːtʃ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈriːtʃ/
overreach yourself
tofailbytryingtoachieve,spend, or do more than you canmanage
自不量力，好高骛远；贪功致败
Companies that overreach themselvessoonfindthemselves indebt.好高骛远的公司很快就会债务缠身。

Examplesofoverreach

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However, restraints or punishment of scientists who contribute to our growing body of knowledge, in compliance with applicable regulatory safeguards, may constitute overreaching government action.
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But it is also to be misled by the overreaching rhetoric of his earlier work.
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The first aim was to conceptualize the problem of resource acquisition by incumbents whose policy goalsoverreachthe office's capacities.
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It is a matter of not overestimating, not overreaching, not making the wrong sort of comparisons, not judging by the wrong standards.
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Because they draw on a very limited number of case studies, their concluding sections tend tooverreach.
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At its worst, this categoricaloverreachproduces a form of historical/political theorizing in flight from the actual complexity of its subject.
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Historians, invoking the notion of "overreach," remind us that no previous empire has enjoyed an indefinitely long life.
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She warns that restraints or punishments of scientists who contribute to our growing body of knowledge, in compliance with applicable regulatory safeguards, may constitute overreaching government action.
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The army frequently overreached itself.
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Nattiez's case is damaged, then, by overreaching and insufficient discrimination.
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Theories and hypotheses alwaysoverreachavailable data.
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Besides, it is a libel that overreaches itself.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
On this particular occasion, however, they have overreached themselves.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Some trade union leaders had political ambitions that overreached their duties as trade union leaders, and they were unable to distinguish between the two.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That balances the regret that we feel when certain sections of the pressoverreachthemselves in their determination simply to achieve higher sales.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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