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单词 transgress
释义 trans·gress
I. \tran(t)sˈgres, traan-, -nzˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: French transgresser, from Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredi to step beyond or across, cross, from trans- + -gredi (from gradi to step, go) — more at grade
transitive verb
1. : to go beyond limits set or prescribed by (law or command) : break, violate
 < had transgressed a solemn unwritten law and thereby fallen to the position of an enemy of society — Hamilton Basso >
 < transgressed the divine law … is doomed to eternal punishment — A.C.McGiffert >
2. : to pass beyond or go over (a limit or boundary) : cross
 < the adjacent seas transgressed almost all the coast … at the close of the last glaciation — J.B.Bird >
 < can migrate … and transgress their natural climatic barriers — S.A.Cain >
 < the power … to transgress economic and political boundaries — C.D.Forde >
intransitive verb
1. : to break or violate a command or law : trespass, sin
 < we downrightly transgressed by … taking off our stockings to wade in the brook — Mary Austin >
2. : to go beyond a boundary or limit
 < an Arctic sea transgressed southward through western Canada — E.B.Branson & W.A.Tarr >
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-es)
: transgression b
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