overstep

B2 大学 FREQ #36554

vt. 踏过, 逾越, 超出...的限度 [法] 违犯, 逾越

发音

UK /ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/
US /ˌoʊvɚˈstɛp/

词形变化

overstepped overstepping oversteps 三单 oversteps overstept overstepping 现在分词 overstepped 过去式 overstepped 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

逾越；超出…的限度

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground.

    不可数
  2. 2.

    A movement in which one oversteps.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    A decision or action that goes too far.

    不可数
v. B2
  1. 1.

    To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.

    及物

    That color scheme really oversteps the bounds of good taste.

  2. 2.

    To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.

  3. 3.

    To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:overstep.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 7

top pass trespass exceed transcend go past transgress

上位词 4

pass excel surpass stand out

相关短语

overstep the mark 越过界限,超过了许可的限度,过分 overstep the line

词源

From Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *uberstapjaną (“to step over; overstep”), equivalent to over- + step. Cognate with Dutch overstappen, German Low German överstappen, German überstapfen, überstepfen.

来源：wiktionary