Overstep

(v. t.) To step over or beyond; to transgress.

录入:西德尼

• Do your duty, but be careful not to overstep it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The wits would perform the office of introduction with overcharged pomp and politeness, but they could not easily overstep his sense of its gravity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• With all his faults, Trenor had the safeguard of his traditions, and was the less likely to overstep them because they were so purely instinctive. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He was gay, playful, fascinating--but never did he overstep the modesty of nature, or the respect due to himself, in his wildest sallies. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

校对:玛吉