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单词 overstep
释义
overstep
verb[T]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈstep/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈstep/
-pp-
to gofurtherthan what isconsideredacceptableorcorrect:
超越，逾越（可以接受的或正确的限度）
Thebadlanguagein that show overstepped thelimits/boundariesof what should beallowedontelevision.那部电视剧里不雅的语言超出了电视上可允许的限度。
Ithinkyou're oversteppingyourauthority.我认为你越权了。
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Idiom

overstep the mark
(Definition ofoverstepfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overstep| American Dictionary

overstep
verb[T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈstep/
-pp-
to go beyond what ispermittedoracceptable:
He overstepped hisauthorityinagreeingto thoseterms.
(Definition ofoverstepfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverstep

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By not overstepping the intention, but also by not overlooking anything, one will understand the author completely.
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In the euthanasia debate, overstepping boundaries is the danger, as it is in all growing technical wizardry over life and death decisions.
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Furthermore, the courts are receptive to procedural arguments as there is less risk of them overstepping their constitutional role of supervising rather than making policy.
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The imperial authorities fully exploited and sometimes overstepped their constitutional powers: there were imperial laws for everything.
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Yes, this has a more dangerous anarchistic undertone: 'there is no rule that may not be overstepped'.
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There is, however, little doubt that visiting poll-watchers overstepped their mandate when they suggested the same.
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Although normal fault zones typically extend in excess of 100 km, they commonly comprise an array of overstepping and linked fault segments.
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Learned heuristics that avoid the design generation that oversteps site boundaries.
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I overstepped my role as a patient and found myself in difficult waters.
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The elder's opponents and detractors claim that he has gone too far, that he has overstepped the bounds of acceptable discipline.
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Invoking human rights is not meant to block critical dialogue; instead it provides a call to responsibility that cannot be easily overstepped.
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The total hours spent by farm women in productive and domestic activities exceeded 3,000 a year and overstepped, although only marginally, their husbands' working hours.
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Because his attitude toward the early stage of this process is usually favorable, the overstepping comes to seem inevitable.
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The scholarship represented not only varied in method and approach but also expanded the mind as it overstepped disciplinary boundaries.
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Anyone who questioned such loyalty in ways liable to disturb the peace had de facto overstepped the boundary of acceptable public debate.
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