[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
late 15th cent.: from Old French transgresser or Latin transgress- 'stepped across', from the verb transgredi, from trans- 'across' + gradi 'go'