overreach 英 [ˌəʊvəˈri:tʃ]   美 [ˌoʊvərˈritʃ]

overreach

overreach  英 [ˌəʊvəˈri:tʃ] 美 [ˌoʊvərˈritʃ]

vt. 走过头;过度伸张;诈骗  vi. 伸得过远;(马)以后蹄踢前蹄 

进行时:overreaching  过去式:overreached  过去分词:overreached  第三人称单数:overreaches  名词复数:overreaches 

The US has clearly reached the point of imperial overreach. 美国已经明显地超过了帝国的过度扩张点。

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  • vt. 走过头;过度伸张;诈骗
  • vi. 伸得过远;(马)以后蹄踢前蹄
  • 1. The US has clearly reached the point of imperial overreach.

    美国已经明显地超过了帝国的过度扩张点。

  • overreach (v.) c. 1300, "to reach above or beyond" (transitive), from over- + reach (v.). Meaning "to extend over something, to cover it" is from c. 1400. Sense of "to reach beyond one's strength" is from 1560s. As a noun from 1550s. Related: Overreached; overreaching.
over·reach / ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈriːtʃ / verb [transitive ,  intransitive ] overreach(yourself) to fail by trying to achieve more than is possible 贪功致败;不自量力 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。 overreach overreaches overreached overreaching over·reach / ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈriːtʃ /
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