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

• 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？”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The twelve mansions of the stars will weep to see their inmates transgress so.
  恒星的十二座大厦会看到它们的同住者（民）犯罪而哭泣。