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

• If small businesses are nervous about overreaching and sensitive about their access to cash, big firms are increasingly focusing their expansion abroad, not at home.
  如果小企业担心发展太快，对是否能得到现金过于敏感，大企业则对更注重对海外而不是对国内市场进行扩展。
• Diseconomies of scale can be attributed to two reasons: Overreaching competition and the executive monopoly.
  规模不经济的主要原因：一方面是过度竞争，另一方面是行政垄断。
• I think you are a sneaky, overreaching little
  我认为你是个奸诈滑头的小
• In short, informal action often is subject to significant safeguards against abuse or overreaching.
  总而言之，非正式行动常常受到有效监督，以防止权力滥用或越权。
• Cause Analysis on Negative Differential Expansion Overreaching of C12-8.83/3.82 Type Steam Turbine and Its Treatment
  C12-8.83/3.82型汽轮机组负胀差超限原因分析及处理
• 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。
• 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。
• She said the legislation requiring candidates to provide certain evidence to prove their eligibility was "a bridge too far"(( overreaching)).
  她说，规定候选人提供相关证据来证明其资格的立法“手伸得太长”。
• The reason of Olympic Movement dilemmas is overreaching limit of human subject action, technical application and overexploitation.
  奥林匹克运动困境的根源是人主体限度的超越、技术应用限度的超越以及体育理性的过度扩张。
• 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。