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

• When applied to short lines, distance protection often acts improperly because of the overreach of the protection.
  距离保护应用于短线路或者系统阻抗较大的线路时，常常会因为超越而误动作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Novel Algorithm for Overcoming the Transient Overreach of Distance Protection to put forward the approach to eliminate the transient overreach of CVT and validate it;
  克服距离保护暂态超越的新方法在此基础上，提出了利用多种傅氏算法相配合解决CVT暂态超越的新方案，并对其进行了仿真验证；
• 'Because like all successful singers, I knew it would only be a matter of time before I would overreach and try acting,' he quipped.
  他自嘲地说道：像所有成功的歌手一样，我知道我总有一天会跨行去拍戏，这只不过是个时间问题。
• 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。
• Overreach a man in a bargain
  在一项交易中以奸诈胜了某人
• 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
• Maybe a Justice will get so over-confident and overreach so badly that even the corrupt Congress will have to do something. I am thinking that a new Twitter scandal might be just the ticket.
  也有可能等到某个大法官自信过头和装逼刚愎自用时，堕落的国会就不得不对上下其手，比如上推特发一条热乎乎的丑闻什么的最靠谱了。