单词overreach
v.: 贪功致败；不自量力
网络: 过火；走过头；做事过头
贪功致败；不自量力:
to fail by trying to achieve more than is possible
手伸得过远出拳时步子未跟上使身体失去平衡
赶上;延伸...过远
(马)用后脚的前端踢(前脚后跟)
(马等)后蹄踢前蹄
(依靠奸诈)取胜
过火,夸张
把(手、脚等)伸得过长;走过头,越过;赶上,追上;非分妄为致使…失败
(手、脚等)伸得过长;延伸过远
第三人称单数：overreaches
现在分词：overreaching
过去式：overreached
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Right now, public fears of overreach seem to be under control, but they aren"t far beneath the surface.
眼下，公众对摊子铺得太大的担忧似乎得到了控制，但这远没到可以忽略的程度。
I desired Titus, and I sent with him a brother. Did Titus overreach you? Did we not walk with the same spirit? did we not in the same steps?
难道弟铎佔过你们的便宜吗？我们行动来往，不是具有一样的心神，一样的步伐吗？
But I also, I make music that suits the way I sing also, you know? I try not to overreach.
但我也会创作适合我演唱风格的歌曲。我尽量不做超过我能力的事。
The United States appeared to be a spent power, done in by imperial overreach, as Paul Kennedy put it.
正如保罗·肯尼迪（PaulKennedy）所言，不堪帝国扩张重负的美国，似乎变成了一个精力耗尽的国度。
Do not fabricate, falsify, misrepresent, or overreach data in manuscripts, grant proposals, or meeting presentations.
在文章，授权提议和会议报告中不要伪造，伪造，误传或者利用数据过度引申。
The US has clearly reached the point of imperial overreach.
美国已经明显地超过了帝国的过度扩张点。
Such overreach notwithstanding, his thesis is sensible and not to be discounted lightly.
尽管这样有点过火，但是他的论点很有意义，而且不应该被轻易忽视。
Yet from the point of view of liberty, there is a serious danger of overreach, and therefore grounds for caution.
然而，从自由的角度来看，软家长主义存在严重越权的危险，因此，有必要谨慎从事。
To do so, he will have to resist the temptation 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。
Some criticise President George W. Bush"s Iraqi misadventure as imperial overreach and mock his administration"s fiscal incontinence.
有人批评乔治•布什（GeorgeW.Bush）在伊拉克的挫败是帝国弩末（imperialoverreach），并嘲笑布什政府在财政上没有节制。