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

• I think he was overreaching himself in taking on that job, which he really knew nothing abour.
  我认为他承担那份工作是自不量力，因为他对此实在一无所知。
• 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。
• 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。
• Analysis of the protection overreaching mal-operation caused by CT saturation
  电流互感器饱和引起保护越级误动问题浅析
• She is known for overreaching her authority.
  大家都知道她越权。
• 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。
• 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。
• The performance of the relay is extensively tested by using EMTP. The simulation results show that the relay can be used to avoid transient overreaching effectively and has high sensitivity for the internal fault.
  用EMTP进行了大量的数字仿真实验，结果表明，自适应阻抗动作判据能有效防止保护超越误动作，也提高了区内故障的动作灵敏度。
• I think you are a sneaky, overreaching little
  我认为你是个奸诈滑头的小
• I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don't think I'm overreaching at all.
  我知道这听起来像什麽，但是请记住年薪一百万在纽约市只是中产阶级而已，所以我并不认为我的条件太过分。