transgression
英 [trɑːns'greʃn; trɑːnz'greʃn; træns'greʃn; trænz'greʃn]
美[trænz'ɡrɛʃən]
- n. [地质] 海侵；犯罪；违反；逸出
英英释意
- 1. the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle;
- "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"
- 2. the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
- 3. the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit