overreach
英 [ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ]
美 [ˌoʊvərˈriːtʃ]
v. 贪功致败; 不自量力
过去式：overreached 现在分词：overreaching 过去分词：overreached 第三人称单数：overreaches
BNC.35154 / COCA.21257
牛津词典
verb
- 贪功致败；不自量力
to fail by trying to achieve more than is possible- In making these promises, the company had clearly overreached itself.
这家公司作出这些承诺，显然是不自量力。
- In making these promises, the company had clearly overreached itself.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 令（自己）不自量力；使（自己）因目标过高而失败
If you say that someoneoverreaches themselves, you mean that they fail at something because they are trying to do more than they are able to.- He overreached himself and lost much of his fortune...
他的雄心太大，结果损失了自己大部分的财产。 - The company had overreached itself and made unwise investments...
这家公司不自量力地轻率投资。 - The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.
不自量力者往往摔得最惨。
- He overreached himself and lost much of his fortune...
英英释义
verb
- beat through cleverness and wit
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
双语例句
- He overreached himself and lost much of his fortune
他的雄心太大，结果损失了自己大部分的财产。 - Research on the New Process Technique for the Star Wheels in the Overreach Clutch
超越离合器中星轮新加工工艺探讨 - To study the relation between CVT's parameters and transient overreach.
最后，论文还研究了不同CVT参数对CVT暂态超越的影响。 - So long as host countries are realistic about their citizens 'mix of affiliations and China does not overreach in defending the interests of its emigrants, the Chinese diaspora is not a particular cause for concern.
只要侨居国对其公民的复合从属关系持现实态度，而中国在保护移民利益上做得不过分，那么华侨就不会是一个特别需要担忧的问题。 - I'm sure you would have as much pleasure as I in witnessing the conclusion of the fiend's existence; he'll be your death unless you overreach him; and he'll be my ruin.
我担保你亲眼看这恶魔的生命结束，会得到和我所得到的同等的愉快；他会害死你的，除非你先下手；他也会毁了我。 - You won't recover after your operation if you overreach yourself and try to do too much too soon.
如果你过分性急，操劳太多的话，你手术后将得不到恢复。 - Already under fire for overreach, the Obama team is wary of anything that smacks of bigger government.
奥巴马政府早已备受做过头的攻击，他们对于给人以大政府印象的事情非常警惕。 - From this perspective, the worrying parallel for the right is not 1992 but the liberal overreach of the 1960s.
从这个角度看，与右翼平行这种令人担心的事情并不是发生在1992年，而是在自由党作出过分之举的20世纪60年代。 - And they were back a few weeks ago to counter a president who was failing to deliver and, more importantly, was seeking to overreach on legal and other matters.
他们于几周前再次起义，抗议总统没能满足人民的诉求，而且更为重要的是，他们抗议总统意欲超越法律赋予的权力等事宜。 - Overreach a man in a bargain
在一项交易中以奸诈胜了某人