overtake的意思

1. 超过
2. 追上
3. 赶上
4. 压倒
5. 赶补（欠工）
6. 赶做（限期快到的工程）
7. 突然袭击
8. 打垮
9. 赶在...前面
10. 突然来到
11. 突然降临
12. 大于

1. vt. & vi. 超过 come or catch up with
2. vt. & vi. 突然来到 reach suddenly and unexpectedly

1.超（车）；追上（前面的人）
If youovertake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them.

overtake的翻译

e.g. When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane...
他终于超过了最后那辆卡车后便驶回了内车道。
e.g. The red car was pulling out ready toovertake.
那辆红色汽车驶离车列准备超车。

2.赶上，超越（对手）
If someone or somethingovertakes a competitor, they become more successful than them.

e.g. It's the first time at these games that the Americans have overtaken the Cubans...
这是美国人在这一运动会上首次超越古巴人。
e.g. Lung cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as a cause of death for women in the US...
肺癌现在已经取代乳腺癌成为美国女性的一大杀手。

3.（事件）出人意料地降临于…，突然发生在…身上
If an eventovertakes you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly.

e.g. Tragedy was shortly toovertake him, however.
然而，不幸将很快降临到他的头上。

4.（情感等）压倒，使难以承受
If a feelingovertakes you, it affects you very strongly.

e.g. Something like panic overtook me...
一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。
e.g. From the moment Edward had told her of the escape attempt, she had been overtaken by a sense of impending doom.
自从爱德华告诉她打算逃跑的那一刻起，她便强烈感到厄运在一步步逼近。

1. It's dangerous to overtake at a corner.
   转弯时超车危险。
2. Never attempt to overtake on the crest of a hill.
   在坡顶绝不要企图超车。

1. I was riding my bicycle along the road when a car overtook me.
   我骑着自行车走在马路上,突然,一辆汽车超过了我。
2. No one could overtake him.
   没人能超过他。
3. I had to walk very fast to overtake him.
   我必须走得非常快才能赶上他。
4. The police car overtook the lorry.
   警车追上了那辆卡车。
5. Exports have already overtaken last year's figure.
   出口量已超过了去年。
6. Some changes have overtaken our university recently.
   近来我们大学发生了一些意想不到的变化。
7. A storm overtook the little boat.
   小船突然遇到了暴风雨的袭击。
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8. She was overtaken by fear.
   她突然感到恐惧。
9. We have been overtaken by events.
   我们遇到突然事故。
10. The city was overtaken by storms for continuous days.
    这个城市连日来遭到暴风雨袭击。

• Meeting or overtaking other couples.

  出自：E. Bowen

• He swung out sharply to overtake.

  出自：R. Hill

• Old ladies on bicycles were prone to overtake me on hills.

  出自：J. Raban

• Western Europe overtook North America as the world's largest car market.

  出自：Japan Times

1. overtake的基本含义是“超过”,指原本处于落后的一方逐渐与领先者缩小距离并实现超越,最终领先; 也可指在没有准备的情况下某事突然发生,即“突然来到”。
2. overtake可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. overtake的过去式为overtook,过去分词为overtaken。