overtakes

英 [ˌəʊvəˈteɪks]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈteɪks]

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的第三人称单数

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 steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
  他坚强的脚步必见狭窄。自己的计谋必将他绊倒。
• An ass lading with gold overtakes every thing.
  驮金的驴子无险阻。
• Sometimes the INJ's private world overtakes the INJ to the point that they completely tune out their environment.
  有时INJ完全沉浸在自己的内部世界中，以至于关掉了对环境的感应。
• Even after it overtakes Japan as the second largest economy, China will still be a developing nation for a long time to come.
  即便超越日本成为全球第二大经济体，在未来很长一段时间里，中国仍将是发展中国家。
• When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.
  恶人兴起，人就躲藏。恶人败亡，义人增多。
• See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;
  你仆人已经在你眼前蒙恩。你又向我显出莫大的慈爱，救我的性命。我不能逃到山上去，恐怕这灾祸临到我，我便死了。
• NO11: If any country overtakes india half of the indians will not come to know what is happening here
  翻译：如果哪个国家拿下了印度，半数印度人都不知道发生了什么事
• "Japan's economic activity continues to be important to the rest of the world" even as China overtakes Japan in size, he said.
  他表示日本经济活动对世界其他地区的影响始终是重要的，即使中国在规模上超越了日本。
• The wise man has eyes in his head, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.
  智慧人的眼目光明，（光明原文作在他头上）愚昧人在黑暗里行。我却看明有一件事，这两等人都必遇见。
• Try this technique to stop rising anger before it overtakes you.
  用下面的技巧来帮助你在愤怒占领高地之前停止愤怒。