transgress
/trænsˈgres/verb
with obj.
1- 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。
1.1
- Geology (of the sea) spread over (an area of land)【地质】(海水)侵入(陆地)。
派生词
transgression
nountransgressor
noun词源
late 15th cent.: from Old French transgresser or Latin transgress- 'stepped across', from the verb transgredi, from trans- 'across' + gradi 'go'.