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

• The game starts of at a very easy difficulty, but as you transgress throughout the game, the difficulty is significantly revamped.
  游戏开始了在一个非常容易的困难，但正如你在整个游戏逾越，难度明显改进。
• When there shall be found among you within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, man or woman that do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, and transgress his covenant.
  在你中间，即在上主你的天主赐给你的一座城内，若发现一个男人或女人，做了上主你的天主眼中视为恶的事，违犯了他的盟约。
• 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？
• 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。
• For such a man will transgress for a peace of bread.
  因为这样的人是会为了一块面包而枉法的。
• You do not, therefore, transgress the law if you kill the wild beast to save your brothers life.
  因此，如果你为了保护你兄弟的生命而杀死了野兽，你没有违法。
• In fact, Russia has continued to transgress against the peace plan which was supposed to have stopped the war.
  事实上，俄罗斯继续违反结束这场战争的和平计划。
• Noting that politicians in other countries who transgress moral standards often resign, Famiglia Cristiana asks," why is Italy so different?"
  其他国家的政治家一旦出现道德丑闻，往往会主动辞职，《天主教家庭周刊》就此发问：“为何意大利不能这样？”
• As regards the private sector of the economy, we shall not hamper it, indeed we shall promote and encourage it, so long as it does not transgress the legal limits set by our government.
  我们对于私人经济，只要不出于政府法律范围之外，不但不加阻止，而且加以提倡和奖励。
• She obeyed his directions very punctually; perhaps she had no temptation to transgress.
  她很敏捷地服从他的指示：也许她没有想违法犯规的心思。