请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 outreach
释义 outreach
I. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: out- + reach
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to surpass in reach
  < you have to outreach an outfielder to catch a mountain beaver by hand — Irving Petite >
 b. : to go beyond : exceed
  < the demand for electrical power continues to outreach the supply — New Republic >
2. : to get the better of by trickery : overreach
 < outreached his unsuspecting enemies >
 < outreached himself and became tangled in his own plot >
intransitive verb
1. : to go too far
 < my foolish and outreaching slyness — Owen Wister >
2. [out (I) + reach] : to reach out
 < alert to the outreaching trends of his profession — H.A.Overstreet >
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: out (III) + reach (after reach out, v.)
1. : the act or process of reaching out
 < the outreach of the human spirit toward beauty of form — C.S.Kilby >
2. : an extent or length of reach
 < away from the outreach of the Ohio floods — Clifton Johnson >
 < his evangelical outreach was already shortened — W.W.Comfort >
III. noun
: the extending of services or activities beyond current or conventional limits ; also : the extent of such services or activities
随便看

 

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/24 6:25:06