overtake

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o·ver·take /ˌəʊvəˈteɪk $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tensepst overtook /-ˈtʊk/, past participlepp overtaken /-ˈteɪkən/)

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TTPASS/GO PAST to go past a moving vehicle or person because you are going faster than them and want to get in front of them 追上；超过〔汽车或人〕

He pulled out to overtake the van.

他把车驶出所在车道想超过那辆小货车。

Never try to overtake on a bend.

绝不要在转弯处超车。

2 [transitiveT]BETTER to develop or increase more quickly than someone or something else and become more successful, more important, or more advanced than them 〔发展或增长〕超越，超过

Television soon overtook the cinema as the most popular form of entertainment.

电视很快就超过了电影，成为最大众化的娱乐方式。

Hingis has now overtaken her in the world tennis rankings.

现在辛吉斯的世界网球排名已经超过了她。

3 [transitiveT]PREVENT if something bad, especially a feeling, overtakes you, it happens to you suddenly and has a strong effect on you 〔不愉快的事〕突然降临到 → overcome

be overtaken by something

She was overtaken by emotion and started to cry.

她突然情绪激动，哭了起来。

A terrible sense of panic overtook him.

他突然产生了一种可怕的惊慌感。

4 be overtaken by events CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTif you are overtaken by events, the situation changes, so that your plans or ideas are not useful anymore 计划赶不上变化

The diplomatic negotiations were soon overtaken by events.

外交谈判不久就遭遇变故。

Examples from the Corpus

overtake• Points West was challenged and overtaken.• On the way, we overtook a battered old Renault.• Police overtook and captured the fleeing suspect.• He was overtaken by exhaustion.• Some are predicting that India could overtake China as the world's most populous country before 2050.• Before you start to overtake, make sure the road is clear ahead of you.• My mind has at last caught up, and indeed overtaken my body.• Two trucks overtaking one another brushed him to the side.• The environmental and economic implications have far overtaken the engineering.• For example, imagine a man is traveling aboard a faster train overtaking the first on a parallel track.• The Clippers played better in the second half but couldn't overtake the Rockets and lost by eight points.• By 1970 the U.S. had overtaken the Soviet Union in space technology.• Ollokot overtook them and joined a group of warriors in resisting Captain Benteen's attempt to outflank the fleeing families.• Before sleep overtook us, we reflected on our last few days' climbing.

be overtaken by something• There was a moment, I have to admit, when I was overtaken by a feeling of infinite sadness.• Once down in the snow he was overtaken by a heavy lethargy.• I knew I wouldn't get back in two hours when I was overtaken by a hopping rabbit.• It was overtaken by a long cyclical drought.• Half way through the park Quinn was overtaken by an urge to rest.• Butlin himself was to be overtaken by further developments in the postwar holiday industry.• Both figured among the qualifiers, though they were overtaken by Ross Drummond and Brian Marchbank.• It was not a hesitant or infant Church that was overtaken by the apocalyptic disasters of the barbarian Invasions.

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