overstretch

基本解释

Don’t Overstretch: While stretching can promote flexibility, stretching too far actually can damage the muscles—particularly if you’re recovering form an injury.
不要過度拉伸：盡琯拉伸可以提高柔靭性，拉伸太過會傷害你的肌肉——尤其儅你正從損傷中恢複的時候。
Without his aerial reach, his forces are as vulnerable to overstretch as the rebels.
一旦沒有空軍的支持，他的部隊就與叛軍一樣容易受到牽制。
The worry is that strong demand for Treasuries as reserves might tempt America to overstretch itself.
人們擔心的是對美國國債作爲儲備的強勁需求使得美國戰線過長，力不從心。

Regulatory overstretch interferes with the function of markets, promotes increasing litigiousness and inhibits freedom.
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The worry is that strong demand for Treasuries as reserves might tempt America to overstretch itself.
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The Pentagon, worried about military overstretch and distrustful of humanitarian missions, appears to be behind America's foot-dragging.
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If you overstretch something or someone or if they overstretch, you force them to do something they are not really capable of, and they may be harmed as a result.