overtaken

英 [ˌəʊvəˈteɪkən]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈteɪkən]

v.  超过; 赶上; (在数量或重要性方面)大于; (不愉快的事情)突然发生，突然降临
overtake的过去分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 超（车）；追上（前面的人）
  If youovertakea vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them.
  1. 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。
  2. The red car was pulling out ready to overtake.
     那辆红色汽车驶离车列准备超车。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pass


• VERB 赶上，超越（对手）
  If someone or somethingovertakesa competitor, they become more successful than them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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. Sales are booming in Japan, which has overtaken Britain as the Mini's biggest market.
     迷你车在日本的销量迅猛增长，使日本超过英国成为该车最大的消费市场。
• VERB （事件）出人意料地降临于…，突然发生在…身上
  If an eventovertakesyou, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly.
  1. Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however.
     然而，不幸将很快降临到他的头上。
• VERB （情感等）压倒，使难以承受
  If a feelingovertakesyou, it affects you very strongly.
  1. Something like panic overtook me...
     一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• The city was overtaken by storms for continuous days.
  这个城市连日来遭到暴风雨袭击。
• Sales are booming in Japan, which has overtaken Britain as the Mini's biggest market.
  迷你车在日本的销量迅猛增长，使日本超过英国成为该车最大的消费市场。
• Indeed, Japan has overtaken China as the largest buyer of US Treasuries in recent months.
  事实上，近几月来，日本已取代中国，成为美国国债的最大买家。
• Since then, the UK has caught up with and even overtaken its principal trading partners.
  自那以来，英国已经追赶上甚至超过了它的主要贸易伙伴。
• The enemy has overtaken him, has struck him, has knocked him down.
  仇敌已经追上了他，打了他，并且将他打倒。
• Bosch is the world's largest car-parts supplier, having overtaken the struggling Delphi of the US last year.
  去年，博世超越了举步维艰的美国德尔福公司（Delphi），成为世界上最大的汽车零部件供应商。
• Japan's productivity has overtaken America in some industries, but elsewhere the United States has clung on to its lead.
  在有些行业，日本的生产效率超过了美国，但在其他行业美国仍然保持着领先的地位。
• Italy's economy has overtaken that of its nearest competitors.
  意大利的经济已经超过其最接近的几个竞争者。
• Don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full stream ahead!
  不要瞻前顾后，畏首畏尾。甩开膀子干吧！
• He's overtaken the collapse! Be ready to launch!
  他抄到坍塌前面了！准备发射！