1 VERB 超(车);追上(前面的人) If you
overtake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them.
超(车);追上(前面的人) [mainly British] in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pass
2 VERB 赶上,超越(对手) If someone or something
overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them.
赶上,超越(对手) -
It's the first time at these games that the Americans have overtaken the Cubans. [VERB noun]
这是美国人在这一运动会上首次超越古巴人。
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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。
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Sales are booming in Japan, which has overtaken Britain as the Mini's biggest market. [VERB noun]
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。
3 VERB (事件)出人意料地降临于…,突然发生在…身上 If an event
overtakes you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly.
(事件)出人意料地降临于…,突然发生在…身上 SYN befall [archaic , literary] ,
hit,
happen to,
come upon 4 VERB (情感等)压倒,使难以承受 If a feeling
overtakes you, it affects you very strongly.
(情感等)压倒,使难以承受 [literary] -
Something like panic overtook me. [VERB noun]
一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。
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From the moment Edward had told her of the escape attempt, she had been overtaken by a sense of impending doom. [VERB noun]
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。
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