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。
• 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。
• Forestry modernization is an undivided part of china modernization during overreaching the goal.
  在全国为实现中国式现代化而努力奋斗的过程中，林业现代化是其不可分割的一个组成部分。
• This fear of overreaching government is deeply ingrained in the American psyche.
  这种担心政府过分干预的想法，在美国人心中根深蒂固。
• And the fact that liberal Justices may have had overreaching notions of their own in the past is mere irony.
  至于从前自由派的法官自己也可能和托马斯一样，曾经有非分的念头，这只不过是一大讽刺罢了。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• The performance of the relay is extensively tested by using EMTP. The simulation results show that the relay can be used to avoid transient overreaching effectively and has high sensitivity for the internal fault.
  用EMTP进行了大量的数字仿真实验，结果表明，自适应阻抗动作判据能有效防止保护超越误动作，也提高了区内故障的动作灵敏度。
• I think you are a sneaky, overreaching little
  我认为你是个奸诈滑头的小