overarching

英 [ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃɪŋ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈɑːrtʃɪŋ]

adj.  非常重要的; 首要的; 概莫能外的
v.  上设拱圈；上架拱圈；（在上面）做成拱形；在...上架成圆拱形；掩以弓形物
overarch的现在分词

现在分词：overarching　

BNC.35985 / COCA.15302

牛津词典

adj.

• 非常重要的；首要的；概莫能外的
  very important, because it includes or influences many things

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 包罗万象的；影响一切的
  You useoverarchingto indicate that you are talking about something that includes or affects everything or everyone.
  1. The overarching question seems to be what happens when the US pulls out?...
     首要的问题看来在于美国撤军后事态将会如何。
  2. Home ownership has been an overarching and innate desire of the British.
     拥有私宅是所有英国人心中压倒一切和根深蒂固的强烈愿望。

双语例句

• In a world where there is no one, overarching, theoretical framework;
  这个世界没有一种能凌驾一切的理论框架；
• Our discussions took place under the overarching theme, BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialization.
  我们围绕金砖国家与非洲：致力于发展、一体化和工业化的伙伴关系的主题进行了讨论。
• When the overarching objective is poverty reduction, if you miss the poor, you miss the point.
  当减贫是总体目标时，如果遗漏了穷人，也就错失了要点。
• Governance and best practices provide the overarching discipline that oversees each of the phases in the life cycle.
  治理和最佳实践提供用来监督生命周期中每个阶段的的全部原则。
• This is almost certainly due to one undeniable, overarching rationale: They are both free.
  大部分归功于一个无法否认的基本原理：二者都是免费的。
• In all of the projects that we looked at in our review, an overarching problem presented itself: it took many lines of code to do simple things.
  在我们复查时所看的所有项目中，一个总的问题是：做一件简单的事用了许多行代码。
• You have made stronger capacities central to the overarching policy objective of universal coverage with high quality health services.
  你们已具备较强能力，这对实现普遍覆盖、提供高质量卫生服务的总体政策目标至关重要。
• The overarching question seems to be what happens when the US pulls out?
  首要的问题看来在于美国撤军后事态将会如何。
• A governance process and design authority is needed to ensure that the overall business service model and IT system implementations adhere to the overarching transformation principles.
  需要治理流程和设计权威来确保总体业务服务模型与IT系统实现遵守全盘转换原则。
• Finally, China is also constrained by one overarching consideration: Climate change and the need for mitigation.
  最后，中国也受到了一个首要考虑的制约：气候变化及缓解其影响的必要性。