overstep
- vt. 逾越；超出……的限度
[ 第三人称单数 oversteps 现在分词 overstepping 过去式 overstepped 过去分词 overstepped ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
overstep /ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/ ( overstepping, overstepped, oversteps )
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V-T If you say that someone oversteps the limits of a system or situation, you mean that they do something that is not allowed or is not acceptable. 超越
例：The commission is sensitive to accusations that it is overstepping its authority.
该委员会对自己越权的指责很敏感。
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PHRASE If someone oversteps the mark, they behave in a way that is considered unacceptable. 出格 [英国英语]
例：He has overstepped the mark, and it must stop.
他言行出格，必须制止。
例：Sometimes, I think the administration steps over the line when they make these kinds of accusations.
有时候，我认为行政部门在发出这类指责时，他们已经出格了。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Players present dramatic dramatis personae to audience, and yet can't overstep the limit of music.
演员既要充分地把所扮演的人物生动形象地展现给观众，但又不能超出音乐上带来的局限。
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My dream is just to overstep myself!
我的梦想就是超越我自己！
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Inspiration brings about the discovery, development, overstep and leaping up all of a sudden.
灵感带来突然之间的发现、突破、超越与升腾。
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Apollo warns Virgil that a pastoral poet simply shouldn't overstep his bounds.
阿波罗警告维吉尔，作为一个田园诗人,不要妄想着逾越他的界限。
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