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

• Today all three have fallen, victims of mismanagement and overtaken by better technology.
  如今，这三家IT企业都垮了，成为管理不善的牺牲品，并被更好的技术所取代。
• They have joined seven traditional Asian brands, including Standard Chartered Bank and Toyota, but have already overtaken them in value.
  它们加入了7个传统亚洲品牌的行列，其中包括渣打银行（standardcharteredbank）和丰田汽车（toyota），但在价值方面已经超过它们。
• India has in recent months overtaken China as the largest recipient of Japanese foreign direct investment.
  近几个月来，印度已超过中国，成为日本直接外国投资的最大接受国。
• For the eurozone, Chinese imports had overtaken imports from the US by the middle of last year.
  在去年6月之前，欧元区从中国的进口额便已超过其从美国的进口额。
• Today the pickpockets have overtaken their forefathers of Dickens 'time in both number and skill.
  今天，扒手在数量及技巧方面都已超过了他们在狄更斯时代的祖辈。
• Now her daughters weight has overtaken her as she enjoys cakes, chips and pizza.
  女儿很喜欢吃蛋糕、薯片和披萨，而且现在的体重也已经超过了她。
• 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。
• I found myself behind the gigantic truck that had overtaken us.
  我发现自己落在了那辆已超过我们的巨型卡车的后面。
• The city was overtaken by storms for continuous days.
  这个城市连日来遭到暴风雨袭击。
• 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。