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overreach

US [ˌoʊvərˈritʃ]
UK [ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ]
  • v.贪功致败；不自量力
  • Web过火；走过头；做事过头
Plural Form：overreaches  

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overreach
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~ (yourself)
贪功致败；不自量力to fail by trying to achieve more than is possible
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。

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AllAll,贪功致败贪功致败,不自量力不自量力,过火过火,走过头走过头,做事过头做事过头
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The United States appeared to be a spent power, done in by imperial overreach, as Paul Kennedy put it.
正如保罗·肯尼迪（PaulKennedy）所言，不堪帝国扩张重负的美国，似乎变成了一个精力耗尽的国度。
zhèng rú bǎo luó · kěn ní dí ( PaulKennedy ) suǒ yán , bù kān dì guó kuò zhāng zhòng fù de měi guó , sì hū biàn chéng le yī gè jīng lì hào jìn de guó dù 。
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2.
Do not fabricate, falsify, misrepresent, or overreach data in manuscripts, grant proposals, or meeting presentations.
在文章，授权提议和会议报告中不要伪造，伪造，误传或者利用数据过度引申。
zài wén zhāng , shòu quán tí yì hé huì yì bào gào zhōng bú yào wěi zào , wěi zào , wù chuán huò zhě lì yòng shù jù guò dù yǐn shēn 。
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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。
měi guó yǐ jīng míng xiǎn de chāo guò le dì guó de guò dù kuò zhāng diǎn 。
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4.
Such overreach notwithstanding, his thesis is sensible and not to be discounted lightly.
尽管这样有点过火，但是他的论点很有意义，而且不应该被轻易忽视。
jǐn guǎn zhè yàng yǒu diǎn guò huǒ , dàn shì tā de lùn diǎn hěn yǒu yì yì , ér qiě bù yīng gāi bèi qīng yì hū shì 。
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Yet from the point of view of liberty, there is a serious danger of overreach, and therefore grounds for caution.
然而，从自由的角度来看，软家长主义存在严重越权的危险，因此，有必要谨慎从事。
rán ér , cóng zì yóu de jiǎo dù lái kàn , ruǎn jiā zhǎng zhǔ yì cún zài yán zhòng yuè quán de wēi xiǎn , yīn cǐ , yǒu bì yào jǐn shèn cóng shì 。
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To do so, he will have to resist the temptation overreach --the fatal mistake of many a Korean executive.
为此，他得防止自己不要把摊子铺得过大，这也是许多韩国总裁曾犯过的致命错误。
wèi cǐ , tā de fáng zhǐ zì jǐ bú yào bǎ tān zi pū de guò dà , zhè yě shì xǔ duō hán guó zǒng cái céng fàn guò de zhì mìng cuò wù 。
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Some criticise President George W. Bush's Iraqi misadventure as imperial overreach and mock his administration's fiscal incontinence.
有人批评乔治•布什（GeorgeW.Bush）在伊拉克的挫败是帝国弩末（imperialoverreach），并嘲笑布什政府在财政上没有节制。
yǒu rén pī píng qiáo zhì • bù shí ( GeorgeW.Bush ) zài yī lā kè de cuò bài shì dì guó nǔ mò ( imperialoverreach ) , bìng cháo xiào bù shí zhèng fǔ zài cái zhèng shàng méi yǒu jié zhì 。
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Yet the comparison between Japan's overreach and Toyota's current difficulties is not entirely fair.
然而，将日本经济的过度发展与丰田目前的困境相提并论并不完全公平。
rán ér , jiāng rì běn jīng jì de guò dù fā zhǎn yǔ fēng tián mù qián de kùn jìng xiāng tí bìng lùn bìng bù wán quán gōng píng 。
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9.
To make an excessive effort, as in drawing a conclusion or making a joke; overreach.
操之过急，骤下结论例如为得出答案或编一个笑话等而付出超常的努力；做力不能及之事。
cāo zhī guò jí , zhòu xià jié lùn lì rú wèi dé chū dá àn huò biān yī gè xiào huà děng ér fù chū chāo cháng de nǔ lì ; zuò lì bù néng jí zhī shì 。
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10.
to be too clever. Sometimes you overreach yourself.
太精明未必好，有时会弄巧成拙。
tài jīng míng wèi bì hǎo , yǒu shí huì nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō 。
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