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

• 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 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。
• She is known for overreaching her authority.
  大家都知道她越权。
• 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。
• I think you are a sneaky, overreaching little
  我认为你是个奸诈滑头的小
• 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”。
• Poorly Formed Action Items-inexperienced facilitators will sometimes allow the team to create broad overreaching actions that can't be achieved in a single sprint.
  不靠谱的行动规划&没有经验的推动者控制力不强，有时会让团队创建过于宽泛、难以达成的行动计划，而这些行动在一个sprint之内根本无法完成。
• 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。
• 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。