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单词 overtake
释义
overtake
verb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈteɪk/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈteɪk/
overtook|overtaken

overtakeverb(GO PAST)

C1[T]
to go past something by being agreateramountordegree:
（数量或程度上）大于，超过
Our USsaleshave now overtakenoursalesinEurope.我们在美国的销售额现已超过了我们在欧洲的销售额。
We'dplannedtoholdameetingtomorrow, buteventshave overtaken us(= things havechanged).我们本打算明天召开一个会议，但情况发生了变化。
B2[IorT]UK
(USpass)
to come from behind anothervehicleor apersonandmoveinfrontof them:
超过，赶上，追上（人或车辆）
Alwayscheckyourrearviewmirrorbefore you overtake (anothercar).超车前一定要先看一下后视镜。
More examples
  • Iacceleratedto overtake thebus.
  • Garcia wasgainingon heropponentthroughouttherace, but only overtook her at the very end.
  • Acontinuouswhitelinein themiddleof theroadmeansno overtaking.
  • DVDsare overtakingvideosinpopularity.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surpassing in quality or number
  • beat
  • catch
  • catch(someone)up
  • compare
  • crown
  • crush
  • dosomethingfor an encoreidiom
  • eclipse
  • encore
  • outcompete
  • outdo
  • outflank
  • outgo
  • outman
  • push the envelopeidiom
  • put/leavesomeonein the shadeidiom
  • shame
  • steal a march onsomeoneidiom
  • stealsomeone'sthunderidiom
  • surpass
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles

overtakeverb(HAPPEN)

[T]
tohappento apersonor aplacesuddenlyandunexpectedly:
突然降临于；意外发生在
Thefamilywas overtaken bytragedyseveralyearsago, and they still haven'trecovered.几年前这家人突遭不幸，到现在还没恢复过来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surprising and shocking
  • amaze
  • amazing
  • amazingly
  • astonish
  • astonishing
  • blinding
  • dynamite
  • earth-shattering
  • earth-shatteringly
  • earthshakingly
  • shock tactics
  • shocking
  • springsomethingonsomeone
  • stagger
  • staggering
  • staggeringly
  • stun
  • the darnedest thingidiom
  • thunderbolt
  • world-shattering
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(Definition ofovertakefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overtake| American Dictionary

overtake
verb[T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈteɪk/
past tenseovertookus/ˌoʊ·vərˈtʊk/|past participleovertakenus/ˌoʊ·vərˈteɪ·kən/

overtakeverb[T](GO PAST)

to go beyond something by being agreateramountordegree, or to come from behind andmoveinfrontof:
In the 1500-meterrace, hefinishedwith a laterushto overtake Barbosa in 1minute, 44.84seconds.
The Bruins got within threepointslate in thegamebut just couldn’t overtake the Cowboys.

overtakeverb[T](HAPPEN)

(esp. ofunpleasantemotionsorevents) tohappensuddenlyandunexpectedly:
Thefamilywas overtaken bytragedyseveralyearsago.
(Definition ofovertakefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

overtake| Business English

overtake
verb[T]
uk
/ˌəʊvəˈteɪk/us
overtook|overtaken
togrow,develop, orprogressmorequicklythan somethingelse:
Our USsaleshave now overtakenoursalesinEurope.
Plasticsoonovertookcashas Britain's mostpopularmethodofpayment.
(Definition ofovertakefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofovertake

overtake
Start-up occurs when the corner layer overtakes the front.
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Through the mediation of the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland, a series of morphological changes overtakes the little creature.
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Other members were conscious of the need to make progress more urgently if the whole enterprise was not to be overtaken by events.
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Thematic polarities were gradually overtaken by archival-based studies of groups and individuals.
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As 'the period of persuasion' was overtaken in 1933 by the 'period of deterrence', the background weakness continues.
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However, they do not assure that overtaking is inevitable.
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Consider a switch-on shock overtaking a weak switch-off fast rarefaction travelling in the same direction.
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Indeed, that the pattern is undetected and therefore largely uncontrolled helps to account for the harried, rather fretful mood that so often overtakes the narrative.
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The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life.
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The mental experience, as represented by the double interiority of being inside the carriage inside the painting, overtakes the physical.
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Because of overtaking 'photons', the data is not necessarily monochromatic at a given time - multiple sharp peaks may occur in the spectrum.
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Having said this, however, the population levels of the ancien régime were not clearly overtaken until the second decade of the nineteenth century.
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One, where the reflected particle is overtaken by the laser pulse, and the other where the reflected particle moves ahead of the pulse.
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The traditional warden role has been overtaken by technology.
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While she was waiting for the people to come for her, she was overtaken by sleep.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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