transgress

verb

/trænzˈɡres/

[transitive, intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they transgress	/trænzˈɡres/ /trænzˈɡres/
he / she / it transgresses	/trænzˈɡresɪz/ /trænzˈɡresɪz/
past simple transgressed	/trænzˈɡrest/ /trænzˈɡrest/
past participle transgressed	/trænzˈɡrest/ /trænzˈɡrest/
-ing form transgressing	/trænzˈɡresɪŋ/ /trænzˈɡresɪŋ/

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to go beyond the limit of what is morally or legally acceptable越轨；违背（道德）；违犯（法律）
- transgress something They had transgressed the bounds of decency.他们已经超越了体面的界限。
- transgress (against somebody/something) to transgress against God/your neighbour/natural law违反上帝/你的邻居/自然法则
- We will punish any who transgress.我们将惩罚任何违反者。
Word Originlate 15th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as transgression): from Old French transgresser or Latin transgress- ‘stepped across’, from the verb transgredi, from trans- ‘across’ + gradi ‘go’.