(adj) outreach, See also:overreach, out of reach, Example: เขาได้แต่ใฝ่ฝันถึงตำแหน่งอันสุดเอื้อมไม่จบไม่สิ้นเสียที, Thai Definition: เกินกว่าที่จะเอื้อมถึงได้
[cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù, ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨˋ, 聪明反被聪明误 / 聰明反被聰明誤] a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (成语 saw); cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good #76,496[Add to Longdo]
[yǐ luǎn jī shí, ㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧ ㄕˊ, 以卵击石 / 以卵擊石] lit. to strike a stone with egg (成语 saw); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself #86,738[Add to Longdo]
[せのび, senobi] (n, vs) (1) standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; (2) overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Overreach \O`ver*reach"\ ([=o]`v[~e]r*r[=e]ch"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. {Overreached}, ({Overraught}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Overreaching}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
[1913 Webster]
2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning;
to outwit; to cheat. --Shak.
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3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by
trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used
reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by
trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/
[PJC]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย