English Dictionary

overreach

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌəʊvəˈɹiːt͡ʃ/

名詞

未分類 可算名詞 比喩的用法 不可算名詞

(also figuratively) An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too much; overextension.

日本語の意味

無理な拡張、または必要以上に広がろうとする行為。 / （比喩的に）権限や影響力を逸脱してまで拡大しようとする行為。

The committee's overreach during the investigation sparked widespread criticism.

委員会の調査における行き過ぎは広範な批判を引き起こした。

意味（1）

(also figuratively) An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too much; overextension.

It may not be much of a stretch to say that there had always been something comforting about the earlier periods of judicial activism. … Ideology aside, one may concede that such Supreme Court activism was far less frightening in its institutional overreach than a wholesale creation of new and public law by the judicial branch would be.

意味（2）

(equestrianism) Of a horse: an act of striking the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot; an injury caused by this action.

The hunter's [i.e., hunting horse's] legs should be washed with warm water, carefully examined for thorns, overreaches, &c., and the legs should be rubbed dry, and well hand rubbed, by which means a free circulation of the blood will be promoted.

overreaches （ plural ）