overstretch

基本解释

• vt. 过分伸展
• vi. 要求过高
• n. 过分伸展

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Don’t Overstretch: While stretching can promote flexibility, stretching too far actually can damage the muscles—particularly if you’re recovering form an injury.
  不要过度拉伸： 尽 管拉伸可以提高柔韧性，拉伸太过会伤害你的肌肉——尤其当你正从损伤中恢复的时候。
• Without his aerial reach, his forces are as vulnerable to overstretch as the rebels.
  一旦没有空军的支持，他的部队就与叛军一样容易受到牵制。
• The worry is that strong demand for Treasuries as reserves might tempt America to overstretch itself.
  人们担心的是对美国国债作为储备的强劲需求使得美国战线过长，力不从心。

权威例句

• Regulatory overstretch interferes with the function of markets, promotes increasing litigiousness and inhibits freedom.
  FORBES: Some Dietary Suggestions For Our Regulators
• The worry is that strong demand for Treasuries as reserves might tempt America to overstretch itself.
  ECONOMIST: The path ahead
• The Pentagon, worried about military overstretch and distrustful of humanitarian missions, appears to be behind America's foot-dragging.
  ECONOMIST: The Nigerians arrive; will Taylor go?

词组短语

短语

• overstretch factor 过拉伸因子
• imperial overstretch 帝国过度扩张;帝国的过度扩张
• Political Overstretch 政治过度延伸
• Overstretch your generosity 过度地延伸了你的慷慨

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• If you overstretch something or someone or if they overstretch, you force them to do something they are not really capable of, and they may be harmed as a result.