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

• 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。
• Mr Wolfowitz felt the bank overstepped that line.
  沃尔福威茨先生觉得世行已经越线了。
• You have really overstepped your bounds this time.
  你这下子真的越了你的权限。
• Carstairs has overstepped the limit of his authority in this case.
  卡斯戴尔斯在这个案子上超越了他的权力范围。
• Tom overstepped the mark when he said so.
  汤姆这样说就言过其实了。
• And I am afraid that in my haste to deal with him, I overstepped my bounds.
  但我怕在匆忙对付他的过程中，我逾越了界限。
• We should interpret it from the perspective of economic history and confirm its historical position in the development of economics, by overstepped perspective of pure economics.
  我们应超越纯经济学视野，对历史学派予以经济史学解读，充分肯定它独特的历史地位。
• 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。
• 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。
• Overstepped the traditional "left" and "right".
  意识形态超越了传统的左与右。