overstepped

英 [ˌəʊvəˈstept]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈstept]

v.  超越(正常或允许的)范围; 越权; 僭越
overstep的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 逾越；超出…的限度
  If you say that someoneoverstepsthe limits of a system or situation, you mean that they do something that is not allowed or is not acceptable.
  1. The Commission is sensitive to accusations that it is overstepping its authority...
     该委员会对认为其越权的指责颇为敏感。
  2. In male company, perhaps he did overstep the bounds of propriety.
     在清一色男性的公司里，可能他的举止确实有失得体。

双语例句

• My opponent overstepped the time limit.
  我的对手超时了。
• Their articles overstepped the material itself but profound the meaning in creation.
  他们的创作超越了物质本身而产生深远的意义。
• Overstepped the traditional "left" and "right".
  意识形态超越了传统的左与右。
• Mr Wolfowitz felt the bank overstepped that line.
  沃尔福威茨先生觉得世行已经越线了。
• Carstairs has overstepped the limit of his authority in this case.
  卡斯戴尔斯在这个案子上超越了他的权力范围。
• In recent years, the paper-making industry has been developing rapidly in our country. From 2008, production and consumption in China have overstepped those in America and ranked first in the world.
  近年来，我国造纸业持续迅速发展，2008年以来，纸和纸板的生产量和消费量均已超过美国，位居世界第一位。
• The difference between a rational expanding interpretation and an analogizing interpretation lies neither in the way of reasoning nor the means of understanding, but in the difference of conclusions, i.e., whether or not the conclusion of interpretation has overstepped a rational limit.
  合理的扩大解释与类推解释的区别并非在于思维模式或认识方法的不同，而是在于解释结论的差异，即解释结论是否超过了合理限度。
• And I am afraid that in my haste to deal with him, I overstepped my bounds.
  但我怕在匆忙对付他的过程中，我逾越了界限。
• The supervisory function of the media which should be the most important social function is weakened and its place is overstepped by entertainment and profit making. At the same time, national public power which was the core of supervision gives way to individual privacy.
  理应作为媒体重要社会功能的舆论监督功能被弱化了，其地位被提供娱乐、获取利润等功能所超越，并且媒体舆论监督的重心也从国家公权力转为普通公民的个人隐私。
• Disapproving some viewers though the programme overstepped.
  有些观众认为该节目演得有点过头了。