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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• While there should be flexibility in cases of those who inadvertently take banned substances, those who wilfully transgress should face exemplary penalties.
  对那些并非故意使用兴奋剂的运动员，应灵活处理，但对那些恶意犯规者，应处以惩罚性高额罚款。