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

• I hurry to cross the river before the night overtakes me.
  我怕被黑夜赶上，急忙过河。
• Among the religion criticism, Marx accepts the religion criticism of Feuerbach, and overtakes Feuerbach, Puts forward political liberty and human liberty.
  在宗教批判中，马克思既肯定了费尔巴哈对宗教的批判，又超越了费尔巴哈，提出政治解放和人类解放。
• He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
  睡懒觉的人一天都得忙晚都补不回来他的事情，虽然懒惰走的很慢，但是会使很快变的贫穷。
• "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 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。
• This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.
  在你一生虚空的年日，就是神赐你在日光之下虚空的年日，当同你所爱的妻，快活度日。
• Because of the number of your sins, your skirts have been uncovered and violent punishment overtakes you.
  你的衣襟揭起，你的脚跟受伤，是因你的罪孽甚多。
• Of course, we are fully aware that whoever overtakes will feel the headwind, and whoever leads the way will bear responsibility.
  当然，我们清楚地意识到，赶超者将逆风前行，领先者将承担责任。
• 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
• Laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.
  懒惰走得太慢，很快就被贫穷追上。