ultracrepidate

词形变化

ultracrepidated ultracrepidates 三单 ultracrepidates ultracrepidating ultracrepidating 现在分词 ultracrepidated 过去式 ultracrepidated 过去分词

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    to venture beyond one's competence or purview

    The new editor has a lot to learn and should be anxious not to ultracrepidate.

词源

From the Latin phrase ultra crepidam ("beyond the sandal"). An allusion to the response of the Greek painter Apelles to a cobbler's criticism, as recorded by Pliny the Elder.

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