overstretch
/verb oh-ver-strech; noun oh-ver-strech, oh-ver-strech/US // verb ˌoʊ vərˈstrɛtʃ; noun ˌoʊ vərˈstrɛtʃ, ˈoʊ vərˌstrɛtʃ //UK // (ˌəʊvəˈstrɛtʃ) //
过度拉伸,过度伸展,过度扩张,过度膨胀
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to stretch excessively.
- : to stretch or extend over.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an act or instance of overstretching.
Examples
However, the agency began to overstretch its finances and suffered heavy losses in the 1987 crash.
As Professor Paul Kennedy of Yale has ominously warned, “imperial overstretch” can bankrupt and ruin even the mightiest empire.
I do not overstretch the truth when I say that he liked himself first-rate.
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