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

• 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。”
• 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。”
• Once again, popular business books typically overreach on this front.
  再次强调，畅销的商业管理书籍往往会逾越这一界限。
• The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.
  不自量力者往往摔得最惨。
• Some will call this overreach.
  一些人会认为这有些过分。
• 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。
• Research on steady-state overreach of power frequency variation distance relay
  工频突变量距离继电器稳态超越的研究
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。