overreach

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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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1.
Right now, public fears of overreach seem to be under control, but they aren't far beneath the surface.
眼下，公众对摊子铺得太大的担忧似乎得到了控制，但这远没到可以忽略的程度。
yǎn xià , gōng zhòng duì tān zi pū de tài dà de dān yōu sì hū dé dào le kòng zhì , dàn zhè yuǎn méi dào kě yǐ hū lüè de chéng dù 。
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I desired Titus, and I sent with him a brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk with the same spirit? did we not in the same steps?
难道弟铎佔过你们的便宜吗？我们行动来往，不是具有一样的心神，一样的步伐吗？
nán dào dì duó zhàn guò nǐ men de pián yi ma ? wǒ men xíng dòng lái wǎng , bú shì jù yǒu yí yàng de xīn shén , yí yàng de bù fá ma ?
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But I also, I make music that suits the way I sing also, you know? I try not to overreach.
但我也会创作适合我演唱风格的歌曲。我尽量不做超过我能力的事。
dàn wǒ yě huì chuàng zuò shì hé wǒ yǎn chàng fēng gé de gē qǔ 。 wǒ jǐn liàng bù zuò chāo guò wǒ néng lì de shì 。
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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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5.
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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7.
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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