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单词 push the envelope (or the edge of the envelope)
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push the envelope (or the edge of the envelope)

Approach or extend the limits of what is possible: these are extremely witty and clever stories that consistently push the envelope of TV comedy...
  • To say that he bends the rules, pushes the envelope and extends the possibilities of fiction is to state only part of the case.
  • We're trying to push the envelope as much as possible.
  • On more than one occasion, she says, publishers have approached her to push the envelope - to write a novel of her own.
Originally aviation slang, relating to graphs of aerodynamic performance
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