transgress

transgress
verb
  1. [with obj.]infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behaviour)
    违犯,违背(道德规范,行为准则)
    she had transgressed an unwritten social law.
    她违反了不成文的社会规范。
    ■(Geology)(of the sea) spread over (an area of land)
    (地质)(海水)侵入(陆地)
派生
transgression
noun
transgressor
noun
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: from Old French transgresser or Latin transgress- 'stepped across', from the verb transgredi, from trans- 'across' + gradi 'go'
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