transgress

英 [trænzˈɡres]

美 [trænzˈɡres]

v.  越轨; 违背(道德); 违犯(法律)

过去式：transgressed　过去分词：transgressed　现在分词：transgressing　第三人称单数：transgresses　复数：transgresses　

IELTSGRE

BNC.19327 / COCA.20882

牛津词典

verb

• 越轨；违背（道德）；违犯（法律）
  to go beyond the limit of what is morally or legally acceptable

柯林斯词典

• VERB 违犯道德(或行为)准则
  If someonetransgresses, they break a moral law or a rule of behaviour.
  1. If a politician transgresses, that is not the fault of the media.
     如果政客行为失检，那可不是媒体的责任。
  2. ...a monk who had transgressed against the law of celibacy...
     触犯禁欲戒律的僧侣
  3. It seemed to me that he had transgressed the boundaries of good taste.
     在我看来他有伤大雅。

英英释义

verb

• pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
  Synonym:trespassoverstep
• commit a sin
  Synonym:sintrespass
• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
  1. offend all laws of humanity
  2. violate the basic laws or human civilization
  3. break a law
  4. break a promise
  Synonym:offendinfractviolatego againstbreachbreak
• spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
  1. The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island

双语例句

• Dubbed Zil lanes by critics, they come into force on Wednesday next week. Drivers who transgress face a 130 fine.
  这些被批评者们称为专用车道的道路从下周三起便开始戒严，违反规定的司机将面临130英镑的罚款。
• Have to transgress the company's regulation for get the job done.
  为了完成工作而不得不违反单位的规则。
• The African group felt that those were areas of public interest concern which IP should not transgress unduly, but instead should help fortify at the national level.
  非洲集团认为，这些都是公共利益的领域，保护知识产权不能过分，相反应当有助于在国家一级予以加强。
• If a politician transgresses, that is not the fault of the media.
  如果政客行为失检，那可不是媒体的责任。
• And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
  然而那本来未受割礼的，若能全守律法，岂不是要审判你这有仪文和割礼竟犯律法的人吗。
• His ideas, by and large, do not transgress the limits of moderate western-type nation-building.
  普京的思想总体上并没有逾越温和的西方式国家建设的界限。
• Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
  如此，我岂听你们行这大恶，娶外邦女子干犯我们的神呢。
• How to transgress language barriers and contextual differences in communication?
  如何能跨越语言的障碍及文化背景的差异？
• And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the lord? But it shall not prosper.
  摩西说，你们为何违背耶和华的命令呢，这事不能顺利了。
• But if someone dared to rise up against him and transgress his laws, then he could exercise a direct power over the offender's life: as punishment, the latter would be put to death.
  但是，如果有臣民胆敢奋起反抗君主的统治与超越其所立之法，君主可以直接对冒犯者的生命行使权利：轻则刑罚，重则处死。