overstepped

英 [ˌəʊvəˈstept]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈstept]

v.  超越(正常或允许的)范围; 越权; 僭越
overstep的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 逾越；超出…的限度
  If you say that someoneoverstepsthe limits of a system or situation, you mean that they do something that is not allowed or is not acceptable.
  1. The Commission is sensitive to accusations that it is overstepping its authority...
     该委员会对认为其越权的指责颇为敏感。
  2. In male company, perhaps he did overstep the bounds of propriety.
     在清一色男性的公司里，可能他的举止确实有失得体。

双语例句

• Bill Clinton, who as president was the chief author of the 1990s penal reforms, recently admitted they had overstepped the mark.
  比尔•克林顿（billclinton）担任总统时曾是上世纪90年代刑罚改革的主要推动者。最近他承认，当时的做法过头了。
• The supervisory function of the media which should be the most important social function is weakened and its place is overstepped by entertainment and profit making. At the same time, national public power which was the core of supervision gives way to individual privacy.
  理应作为媒体重要社会功能的舆论监督功能被弱化了，其地位被提供娱乐、获取利润等功能所超越，并且媒体舆论监督的重心也从国家公权力转为普通公民的个人隐私。
• She'd overstepped his line. He seized her wrist; tears sprang and rolled, a dish clattered.
  她戳到了他的痛处，他一把抓住她的手腕。她的眼泪痛得涌出来，盘子掉在地上摔个粉碎。
• With the development of mode of thinking, the western modern philosophy has overstepped the epistemology. Some new theories and method was advanced.
  随着人类思维方式的演进，西方现代哲学逐渐突破认识论的局限，这集中体现在一些新的理论方法对原有理论提出的突破和改进上。
• Their articles overstepped the material itself but profound the meaning in creation.
  他们的创作超越了物质本身而产生深远的意义。
• Mr Wolfowitz felt the bank overstepped that line.
  沃尔福威茨先生觉得世行已经越线了。
• At stake is whether Mr Bernanke overstepped his powers at the height of the financial crisis in December.
  关键问题是，伯南克在去年12月金融危机最严重的时期是否曾逾越职权。
• My opponent overstepped the time limit.
  我的对手超时了。
• Disapproving some viewers though the programme overstepped.
  有些观众认为该节目演得有点过头了。
• Chastened by the global reaction, his ruling Liberal Democratic Party realised it had overstepped the mark by bullying the central bank so overtly.
  并且受国际反应的影响，安培主导下的自民党认识到公然恐吓央行已超出限制。