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transgressed

/trans-gres, tranz-/US // trænsˈgrɛs, trænz- //UK // (trænzˈɡrɛs) //

违约,违章,违例,违例的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pass over or go beyond: to transgress bounds of prudence.
    • : to go beyond the limits imposed by; violate; infringe: to transgress the will of God.

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Examples

  • There was a guy at our shul who transgressed the bounds of the acceptable.

  • After all, when the MRM decides a woman has transgressed even in the slightest, some of its members tend to go overboard.

  • But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me.

  • If a man has transgressed one law, and speaks lies and scoffs at another world, there is no evil he will not do.

  • And if he so transgressed he was punished with the most inhuman cruelty.

  • They transgressed only to the innocuous extent of smuggling moneyed stowaways and contraband goods.

  • Those who transgressed this regulation were punished with a fine of two thousand drachmas.