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

• Mr Wolfowitz felt the bank overstepped that line.
  沃尔福威茨先生觉得世行已经越线了。
• She'd overstepped his line. He seized her wrist; tears sprang and rolled, a dish clattered.
  她戳到了他的痛处，他一把抓住她的手腕。她的眼泪痛得涌出来，盘子掉在地上摔个粉碎。
• In the struggle to uncover counter-revolution in the economic field, the prescribed scope of investigation was overstepped;
  在清查经济反革命的斗争中，超出了应当清查的范围；
• This paper discusses the essential factors and targets of control system within enterprises, then expounds four difficult points which must be overstepped in constructing the control system within enterprises.
  文章首先论述了企业内部控制制度的构成要素、目标，国外企业内部控制制度及其对我国的启示，然后重点论述了我国企业内部控制建设必须逾越的四大难点。
• 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。
• Overstepped the traditional "left" and "right".
  意识形态超越了传统的左与右。
• 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。
• A French prosecutor said he had reason to suspect Largarde overstepped her authority in the deal.
  一个法国检察官称，他有理由怀疑拉加德在此次交易中滥用职权。
• 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。
• Bill Clinton, who as president was the chief author of the 1990s penal reforms, recently admitted they had overstepped the mark.
  比尔•克林顿（billclinton）担任总统时曾是上世纪90年代刑罚改革的主要推动者。最近他承认，当时的做法过头了。