overshoot
- go past (a point) unintentionally, especially through traveling too fast or being unable to stop;exceed (a target or limit)
- an act of going past or beyond a point, target, or limit.
verb: overshoot, 3rd person present: overshoots, gerund or present participle: overshooting, past tense: overshot, past participle: overshot
noun: overshoot, plural noun: overshoots
- 釋義
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動詞
- 1. go past (a point) unintentionally, especially through traveling too fast or being unable to stop they overshot their intended destination he had overshot by fifty yards but backed up to the junction
- ▪ exceed (a target or limit) the department may overshoot its cash limit
名詞
- 1. an act of going past or beyond a point, target, or limit.
- 更多解釋
- go past (an intended stopping or turning point) inadvertently: they overshot their intended destination he had overshot by fifty yards but backed up to the junction
- an act of overshooting something.
Oxford Dictionary