| 词汇 | overreaching |
| 释义 | overreaching present 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 overreachingoverreaching In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, restraints or punishment of scientists who contribute to our growing body of knowledge, in compliance with applicable regulatory safeguards, may constitute overreaching government action. But it is also to be misled by the overreaching rhetoric of his earlier work. Nonetheless, the contentious nature of its rhetorical debates and the overreaching nature of its appeals have pushed presidential leadership to its limits. It is a matter of not overestimating, not overreaching, not making the wrong sort of comparisons, not judging by the wrong standards. She warns that restraints or punishments of scientists who contribute to our growing body of knowledge, in compliance with applicable regulatory safeguards, may constitute overreaching government action. Nattiez's case is damaged, then, by overreaching and insufficient discrimination. I believe that they are overreaching themselves on the issue of special advisers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, in many cases the legislation is overbearing and overreaching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a wonderful opportunity to see greed and arrogance overreaching themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the same time, we have the overpowering and overreaching problem of drugs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can fairly say, without overreaching myself or putting it too high, that all this results from issuing an incomplete copy of a document. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consequences of overreaching ourselves could be damaging to the very cause we have at heart. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people might argue that the fishing industry is overreaching itself and that it does not have the interests of conservation at heart. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We would then be overreaching ourselves. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Using powerful magic and swordsmanship they battle overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, and an occasional hapless gang of bandits. 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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