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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have been overtaken by events.
  我们遇到突然事故。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！