overreached

英 [ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃt] 美 [ˌoʊvərˈriːtʃt]

v.  贪功致败; 不自量力
overreach的过去分词和过去式

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  1. VERB 令（自己）不自量力；使（自己）因目标过高而失败
    If you say that someone overreaches 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。
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双语例句

  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. Informix overreached with a series of spectacular acquisitions and product expansions ahead of market requirements that led, by 2001, to its effective dismantling, an acquired data integration group taking over the firm, and the database assets of the company going to IBM.
    Informix因急于进行一系列壮观的收购和领先市场需求的产品扩张而导致其在2001年被有效解散，一个收购的数据集成组接管了该公司，公司的数据库资产归IBM所有。
  4. That suggested trade unions might have overreached their influence in those countries, provoking a backlash.
    这表明，在这些国家，工会的影响力可能有些过头，引发了民众的抵触情绪。
  5. The merchant overreached me in a business dealing.
    那个商人在一笔生意上诈骗我。
  6. Many of us have overreached and are trying to repair the problems.
    我们许多人都做过了火，目前正着手修补问题。
  7. They scooped up structured credit products which later turned out to be toxic; they also overreached themselves with badly managed debt and equity investments in regions where they had little expertise.
    它们迅速地购置那些不久后即被证明是有毒资产的结构性信贷产品；还将自身的业务连同管理糟糕的债务和股权投资过度地扩展到那些它们毫不擅长的领域。
  8. In grabbing for the rope he overreached and fell.
    他抓那根绳子时因手伸得太远而抓空，跌了一跤。
  9. The cat overreached itself falling into the pool while pretending to sleep on a branch near the sparrow's nest.
    那只猫假装在麻雀窝边的树枝上睡觉，结果却掉进了水塘。
  10. He has also gained ground, even among Sunnis, by his increasingly acerbic attitude towards the Kurds, who many Arabs think have overreached themselves in the past few years.
    由于对库尔德人越来越尖刻的态度–许多阿拉伯人认为他们在过去几年里做过了头–他甚至也在逊尼派中获得了支持。
  11. Even though we've overreached ( and overborrowed), and been reminded of some home truths, we know that one day we'll reach out once more.
    即使我们已经走过头（或者超支），而且我们被忠言提醒，我们仍然知道有一天我们会再一次出发。
  12. The influence area of northern provenance is bigger in He-8 member which overreached areas of south of Yanan while the southern provenance receded simultaneously.
    盒8段北部物源范围较大，越过了延安，相应的南部物源范围后撤。
  13. This paper presents that the protection for the phase to phase fault should be composed of high frequency teleprotection channel and overreached distance relay.
    提出只有将高频通道、超范围距离元件配合构成允许式纵联距离保护，才能保护同杆双回线跨线不接地故障。
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