Overshoot

(noun.) an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt.

(verb.) aim too high; 'The plan overshoots its aim'.

(verb.) shoot beyond or over (a target).

乔整理

• After several times falling short of my destination and as often overshooting it, I came unexpectedly round a corner, upon Mill Pond Bank. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Overshot, Undershot, and Breast Wheels, Ancient. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The division of water-wheels into overshot, undershot and breast wheels is not a modern system. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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