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  1. Oxford Dictionary

    overreach

    • IPA[ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ]

    英式

    • v.
      reach out too far；try to do more than is possible
    • n.
      an injury to a forefoot of a horse resulting from its having overreached.

    • verb: overreach, 3rd person present: overreaches, gerund or present participle: overreaching, past tense: overreached, past participle: overreached

    • 釋義

    動詞

    • 1. reach out too far never lean sideways from a ladder or overreach
    • ▪ try to do more than is possible the Church overreached itself in securing a territory that would prove impossible to hold
    • ▪ (of a horse or dog) bring the hind feet so far forward that they fall alongside or strike the forefeet the horse overreached jumping the first hurdle
    • 2. get the better of by cunning; outwit Faustus's lunacy in thinking he can overreach the devil

    名詞

    • 1. an injury to a forefoot of a horse resulting from its having overreached.