overreaching

英 [ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃɪŋ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈriːtʃɪŋ]

v.  贪功致败; 不自量力
overreach的现在分词

COCA.38110

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

adj

• revealing excessive self-confidence
  1. vaulting ambition
  Synonym:vaulting

双语例句

• She said the legislation requiring candidates to provide certain evidence to prove their eligibility was "a bridge too far"(( overreaching)).
  她说，规定候选人提供相关证据来证明其资格的立法“手伸得太长”。
• Forestry modernization is an undivided part of china modernization during overreaching the goal.
  在全国为实现中国式现代化而努力奋斗的过程中，林业现代化是其不可分割的一个组成部分。
• And the fact that liberal Justices may have had overreaching notions of their own in the past is mere irony.
  至于从前自由派的法官自己也可能和托马斯一样，曾经有非分的念头，这只不过是一大讽刺罢了。
• Placing all the blame for the 2008 financial crisis on this easily scorned group allows us to overlook our own overreaching transactions.
  把2008年金融危机的责任推给这样一个很容易指责的群体让我们可以忽略自己的僭越之过。
• If small businesses are nervous about overreaching and sensitive about their access to cash, big firms are increasingly focusing their expansion abroad, not at home.
  如果小企业担心发展太快，对是否能得到现金过于敏感，大企业则对更注重对海外而不是对国内市场进行扩展。
• She is known for overreaching her authority.
  大家都知道她越权。
• In short, informal action often is subject to significant safeguards against abuse or overreaching.
  总而言之，非正式行动常常受到有效监督，以防止权力滥用或越权。
• This fear of overreaching government is deeply ingrained in the American psyche.
  这种担心政府过分干预的想法，在美国人心中根深蒂固。
• I think you are a sneaky, overreaching little
  我认为你是个奸诈滑头的小
• Try to enter the water behind your shoulder rather than overreaching.
  尽量做到入水是肩部先入水，而不要过分强调伸臂。