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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You have tried my heart; You have visited me by night; You have tested me and You find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
  诗17：3你已经试验我的心.在夜间鉴察我.熬炼我、找不著甚麽.立志叫我口中没有过失。
• It is noticeable that the family metaphor is adopted by such organized groups as the Mafia, and who punish severely any family members who transgress family rules.
  值得注意的是家族这一象征同样适用于如黑帮，或其他激烈惩处所有背叛家规的家族成员的组织团伙。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• It seemed to me that he had transgressed the boundaries of good taste.
  在我看来他有伤大雅。
• 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。