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　

GRE

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
  1. 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。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. The company had overreached itself and made unwise investments...
     这家公司不自量力地轻率投资。
  3. The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.
     不自量力者往往摔得最惨。

英英释义

verb

• beat through cleverness and wit
  1. I beat the traffic
  2. She outfoxed her competitors
  Synonym:outwitoutsmartoutfoxbeatcircumvent
• fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

双语例句

• 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。
• A way to eliminate the transient overreach of CVT
  一种消除CVT暂态超越的新方法
• Transient simulation results show that this method can improve accuracy of fault location remarkably in using limited iterations and avoid overreach, underreach of distance protection efficiently.
  暂态仿真结果表明：这种相位修正方法，经过有限次的速代修正就可以较大地提高测距计算的精度，这对于距离保护中防止区内拒动或超越误动很有实际意义。
• America's mistake has been to disdain multilateralism and to overreach itself.
  美国的错误在于摒弃了多边主义，且不自量力。
• Beijing's desire for Shanghai to overtake Singapore as the world's busiest port, for example, is likely to have prompted SIPG to overreach when stating its goals," he said. "
  他说：“比如北京方面希望上海取代新加坡成为最繁忙的国际船运中心，以致上港集团在制定目标时定得过高。”
• To do so, he will have to resist the temptation to overreach& the fatal mistake of many a Korean executive.
  为此，他得防止自己不要把摊子铺得过大，这也是许多韩国总裁曾犯过的致命错误。
• Overreach a man in a bargain
  在一项交易中以奸诈胜了某人
• 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。
• 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。
• In response, the New York Times wrote that "if Mr. steffelin is going to emerge as a 'poster child' for anything, it will be as a victim of regulatory overreach."
  为此，《纽约时报》（NewYorkTimes）撰文写道，“如果斯特福林能够算得上是某种标志性的人物，那一定是监管机构手伸得太长的牺牲品。”