overreach

overreach

英 [əʊvə'riːtʃ]
　　美 [,ovɚ'ritʃ]

vt. 走過頭；過度伸張；詐騙
　　vi. 伸得過遠；（馬）以後蹄踢前蹄

中文詞源：

overreach 不自量力

over-,超過，過度，reach,伸展，延伸。即伸得過長，超過能力之外，引申詞義不自量力。

例句：

1. The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.
不自量力者往往摔得最慘。

2. It isn't wise to be too clever. Sometimes you overreach yourself.
太精明未必好, 有時會弄巧成拙.

3. Overreach is also foolish because it exposes conservatives as fair - weather federalists.
這個措施也是很愚蠢的,因為它揭露瞭保守派是一個不可共患難的支持者.

4. He had to overreach in order to catch my hand.
為瞭抓住我的手,他不得不把手伸得過長.

5. Beijing property market cooling small Huxing next year overreach?
北京樓市小戶型今年過火明年降溫?