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单词 overtaking
释义
overtaking
verb
present participle ofovertake
overtaking
noun[U]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈteɪ.kɪŋ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈteɪ.kɪŋ/
theactof coming from behind anothervehicleorpersonandmovinginfrontof it or them:
Aquarterof thedriverssurveyeddid notrecognizethe "no overtaking"sign.
Hamiltonpulledoff agreatovertakingmanoeuvredown theoutside.
More examples
  • Onnarrowcountryroads, overtaking can bedifficult.
  • Theyellowflagmeans"caution- no overtaking".
  • Overtaking is sorarein Formula One thatevenafumbledattempttopasscan becauseforcelebration.
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(Definition ofovertakingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofovertaking

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Furthermore, while satisfying all the minimal 'common sense' requirements, it also allows for a description of phenomena often neglected by other models, such asovertaking.
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If both were answered in the negative, the driver would apply her 'overtakingroutine', which determines all the necessary mental and motor activity.
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Consider a switch-on shockovertakinga weak switch-off fast rarefaction travelling in the same direction.
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Overtakingresults from unilateral familiarization of a less-developed country with the leading country.
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Mathematically, such a description can be shown to follow from a suitable parametric formulation of the energy minimization problem coupled together with an 'overtakingstrategy'.
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However, they do not assure thatovertakingis inevitable.
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For instance, beforeovertakinganother car, a driver would check whether the traffic is ordinary.
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This research develops a theory about the role of within-country income inequality in the emergence ofovertakingin economic performance among countries.
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This research examines the role of income inequality within countries in the emergence ofovertakingin economic performance among countries.
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That data was much more supportive of an imminentovertakingof construction investment by equipment investment.
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A horse may overtake another at lope or gallop, and gallop inovertakingothers or in escaping from predators.
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Because ofovertaking'photons', the data is not necessarily monochromatic at a given time - multiple sharp peaks may occur in the spectrum.
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In particular, it is confirmed that the last (m - 1) fields are due toovertaking.
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Miles (1977) calls this kind of collision weak interaction in contrast to those intrinsically nonlinearovertakinginteractions.
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It also is shown that divergence or convergence may arise instead ofovertaking, depending on the initial levels of development and inequality.
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