overreached
意味一覧 (2件)
やりすぎた
解説 Definition
overreached は、目標達成や交渉、計画などで欲張りすぎたり無理をしすぎたりして、かえって失敗したことを表します。単に努力したのではなく、自分の力や状況を見誤って限度を超えた、という批判的な響きがあります。
Overreached means that someone tried to achieve too much, asked for too much, or pushed a plan too far, and this caused failure or a bad result. It is often used for business, negotiations, politics, or personal goals. The word has a critical nuance: the person did not simply work hard, but misjudged their limits or the situation and went beyond what was reasonable.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
reach は「手を伸ばす、届く」。そこに over- が付くと、overdo や overreact と同じく「適切な範囲を越える」感覚になります。overreached は、野心・要求・計画などで手を伸ばしすぎ、結果的に失敗や反発を招いた時に使います。tried hard は良い意味にもなりますが、overreached は判断を誤って限界を越えたという批判が中心です。別エントリの「行き過ぎた」は権限や範囲の超過に寄る用法として区別します。
Think of reach as "stretch your hand toward something." When you add over-, it gives the sense of going beyond the right limit, like overdo or overreact. So overreached suggests that someone stretched too far in ambition, demands, or plans and caused failure or resistance. Unlike tried hard, it usually carries criticism for bad judgment.
例文
The company overreached by expanding too quickly and ran into serious financial trouble.
その会社は急拡大しすぎて、深刻な資金難に陥った。
In the negotiation, he overreached and lost the support of both sides.
交渉で彼は欲を出しすぎて、双方の支持を失った。
She overreached when she promised results that her team could not realistically deliver.
彼女はチームに現実的には無理な成果を約束して、やりすぎてしまった。
行き過ぎた
(意味 2)解説 Definition
自分の能力や権限を超えて行動した、あるいは期待や要求が過度で達成不可能な状態。手が届かない距離に無理に手を伸ばそうとすること。
Overreached means tried to do too much, went beyond reasonable limits, or made a move that was too ambitious. It is often used when someone fails because they asked for more than they could achieve or control. The word can also suggest poor judgment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリの overreached は、単なる「やりすぎた」という基本義ではなく、権限・能力・届く範囲を越えて踏み込んだ、または無理に手を伸ばしたという意味で覚えます。reach「届く」に over- が付くので、まず「届く範囲を越す」映像を作るとよいです。政府や組織が authority を越える、棚の上の物へ無理に手を伸ばす、という文脈では、努力のしすぎより「範囲外へ出た」ことが焦点です。
Start with `reach`, then add `over-`, the same idea as in `overdo` or `overreact`. Picture someone stretching a hand too far and losing balance. That image helps you remember that `overreached` suggests going beyond a safe limit, often in judgment or ambition.
例文
He overreached by promising results he couldn't deliver.
彼は達成できない結果を約束することで行き過ぎた。
The government overreached its authority.
政府は権限を超えて行き過ぎた。
She overreached for the book on the top shelf.
彼女は上の棚の本に手を伸ばしすぎた。
overreached の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overreached は overreach の過去形。over-「越えて」と reach「手を伸ばす、届く」から成り、届く範囲を越えて無理に伸ばす感覚が「やりすぎる」へ広がりました。
Overreached is the past form of overreach. It is made from over-, meaning "beyond," and reach, meaning "stretch out" or "arrive at." The original image is of stretching farther than you can safely reach, which later developed into the idea of trying too much and failing.
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