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。
• Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
  你的门徒为什么犯古人的遗传呢。因为吃饭的时候，他们不洗手。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Before the late Pleistocene sea water could not probably transgress the area during the transgression of sea.
  晚更新世以前，在渤海地区的海侵期间，可能海水并未进入本区。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Woman, transgress not beyond the limits of Heaven's mercy!
  女人，你违背上天的仁慈，可不要超过限度！