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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。