| 词汇 | overreached |
| 释义 | overreached past simple and past participle ofoverreach overreach verb uk /ˌəʊ.vərˈiːtʃ/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈriːtʃ/ [ I or T ](also overreach yourself) to fail by trying to achieve, spend, or do more than you can manage: The housing meltdown hurt high-risk borrowers who overreached. In the flush of success, he overreached. Don't go too far and overreach yourself. Companies that overreach themselves soon find themselves in debt. [ I ] to make a bigger claim than is reasonable: Those doing sound science don’t overreach, knowing that their methodology will be replicated and their results tested. [ T ] to do more than your authority allows: Some officials charged that the investigators had overreached their authority. It was a warning to the Florida court not to overreach its powers. Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom beam blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Exaggerating & playing down Bad and wrong behaviour Examples of overreachedoverreached In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The army frequently overreached itself. On this particular occasion, however, they have overreached themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some trade union leaders had political ambitions that overreached their duties as trade union leaders, and they were unable to distinguish between the two. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said that when criticism of a government rises to such a pitch that it makes the task of government impossible, criticism has overreached itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His reaction was to say that the court had in some way overreached itself or gone wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the time and for some while thereafter many people suspected that the industry had overreached themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His trial took place within the period of three months, so that the imprisonment overreached the time of his trial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be possible to take account of some moderate grant for food subsidies if that would prevent threshold agreements being overreached. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The company obviously overreached itself and is now going into a very speedy retrenchment, selling off ships left right and centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is clear that the council has overreached itself with these damaging proposals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposal is a good idea which has overreached itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be that the fall has already overreached itself, so that it may only result in perpetuating sterling at an unduly low level. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There need he only a slight decline in the present boom in house prices, and the consequences will be catastrophic for those who have overreached themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Between those times, he either built a match monopoly that overreached or orchestrated one of the biggest pyramid schemes in history. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1878 the company employed 5,000 people but had greatly overreached itself financially and failed amongst tough competition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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