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

• Mr. Obama faces strong opposition on climate change efforts from many Republicans and coal industry officials, who say the proposal is a vast executive overreach and would devastate the economy.
  奥巴马在应对气候变化方面面临来自很多共和党人及煤炭行业高管的强烈反对，他们声称该提议属于巨大的过分行政干预，将会破坏经济发展。
• '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。
• A way to eliminate the transient overreach of CVT
  一种消除CVT暂态超越的新方法
• 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。
• The company had overreached itself and made unwise investments
  这家公司不自量力地轻率投资。
• In the protection of HVPS ( High Voltage Power Supply), the transient effect of CVT time by the fall of voltage in fault is likely to lead to the transient overreach of the protection.
  高压线路保护中，当系统发生故障时，由于电压的降落，CVT将产生暂态效应，可能引起正方向距离保护的暂态超越。
• 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。
• 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。”
• My coach says I tend to overreach with my arms because my hips are late in rotating.
  我的教练说我就是这样，因为我的髋转得有些晚。
• Yet the comparison between Japan's overreach and Toyota's current difficulties is not entirely fair.
  然而，将日本经济的过度发展与丰田目前的困境相提并论并不完全公平。