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单词 overextended
释义 overextended
adjective
1. : extended or expanded beyond a safe, proper, or reasonable point
 < found it overextended and wordy — Philip Hamburger >
 < this elaborate, overextended vaudeville show — Newsweek >
2. : spread too thinly or over too large an area for safety
 < attacked and routed the overextended German divisions >
 < pulled back from positions of weakness where we were overextended — Walter Lippmann >
3. : carrying or assuming liabilities, commitments, or risks beyond capacity or what is safe
 < a speculator overextended in the market >
 < overextended accounts >
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