overreach

英 [ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈriːtʃ]

v. 贪功致败; 不自量力

过去式：overreached　现在分词：overreaching　过去分词：overreached　第三人称单数：overreaches　

GRE

BNC.35154 / COCA.21257

牛津词典

verb

贪功致败；不自量力
to fail by trying to achieve more than is possible
1. In making these promises, the company had clearly overreached itself.
  这家公司作出这些承诺，显然是不自量力。

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

verb

beat through cleverness and wit
1. I beat the traffic
2. She outfoxed her competitors
Synonym:outwitoutsmartoutfoxbeatcircumvent
fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

双语例句

It shows that there is a steady-state overreach with the distance relay in the surpassed phase when two-phase short circuit ground fault with small transition resistance occurs outside the orientated region of transmission line.
分析表明当输电线路保护区外发生两相短路经小过渡电阻接地故障时，两故障相中的超前相存在稳态超越现象。
Maybe a Justice will get so over-confident and overreach so badly that even the corrupt Congress will have to do something. I am thinking that a new Twitter scandal might be just the ticket.
也有可能等到某个大法官自信过头和装逼刚愎自用时，堕落的国会就不得不对上下其手，比如上推特发一条热乎乎的丑闻什么的最靠谱了。
In the protection of HVPS ( High Voltage Power Supply), the transient effect of CVT time by the fall of voltage in fault is likely to lead to the transient overreach of the protection.
高压线路保护中，当系统发生故障时，由于电压的降落，CVT将产生暂态效应，可能引起正方向距离保护的暂态超越。
To do so, he will have to resist the temptation to overreach& the fatal mistake of many a Korean executive.
为此，他得防止自己不要把摊子铺得过大，这也是许多韩国总裁曾犯过的致命错误。
Research on the New Process Technique for the Star Wheels in the Overreach Clutch
超越离合器中星轮新加工工艺探讨
I'm sure you would have as much pleasure as I in witnessing the conclusion of the fiend's existence; he'll be your death unless you overreach him; and he'll be my ruin.
我担保你亲眼看这恶魔的生命结束，会得到和我所得到的同等的愉快；他会害死你的，除非你先下手；他也会毁了我。
Beijing's desire for Shanghai to overtake Singapore as the world's busiest port, for example, is likely to have prompted SIPG to overreach when stating its goals," he said. "
他说：“比如北京方面希望上海取代新加坡成为最繁忙的国际船运中心，以致上港集团在制定目标时定得过高。”
A way to eliminate the transient overreach of CVT
一种消除CVT暂态超越的新方法
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。
So long as host countries are realistic about their citizens 'mix of affiliations and China does not overreach in defending the interests of its emigrants, the Chinese diaspora is not a particular cause for concern.
只要侨居国对其公民的复合从属关系持现实态度，而中国在保护移民利益上做得不过分，那么华侨就不会是一个特别需要担忧的问题。