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。
• In the struggle to uncover counter-revolution in the economic field, the prescribed scope of investigation was overstepped;
  在清查经济反革命的斗争中，超出了应当清查的范围；
• Overstepped the traditional "left" and "right".
  意识形态超越了传统的左与右。
• 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。
• 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。
• You have really overstepped your bounds this time.
  你这下子真的越了你的权限。
• 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。
• The market economy is a kind of system and process that can not be overstepped during economic development.
  市场经济是现代经济发展不可逾越的一种体制和进程。
• In recent years, the paper-making industry has been developing rapidly in our country. From 2008, production and consumption in China have overstepped those in America and ranked first in the world.
  近年来，我国造纸业持续迅速发展，2008年以来，纸和纸板的生产量和消费量均已超过美国，位居世界第一位。
• Tom overstepped the mark when he said so.
  汤姆这样说就言过其实了。