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.- 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。 - The red car was pulling out ready to overtake.
那辆红色汽车驶离车列准备超车。
- When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane...
- VERB 赶上，超越（对手）
If someone or somethingovertakesa competitor, they become more successful than them.- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- It's the first time at these games that the Americans have overtaken the Cubans...
- 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.- Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however.
然而，不幸将很快降临到他的头上。
- Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however.
- VERB （情感等）压倒，使难以承受
If a feelingovertakesyou, it affects you very strongly.- Something like panic overtook me...
一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。 - 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。
- Something like panic overtook me...
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pass
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - They have joined seven traditional Asian brands, including Standard Chartered Bank and Toyota, but have already overtaken them in value.
它们加入了7个传统亚洲品牌的行列，其中包括渣打银行（standardcharteredbank）和丰田汽车（toyota），但在价值方面已经超过它们。 - Today the pickpockets have overtaken their forefathers of Dickens 'time in both number and skill.
今天，扒手在数量及技巧方面都已超过了他们在狄更斯时代的祖辈。 - For all that it has recently been overtaken by China in global rankings, Japan remains an economic powerhouse.
尽管在全球排名中，中国最近已超过了日本，但日本仍然是一个经济强国。 - Italy's economy has overtaken that of its nearest competitors.
意大利的经济已经超过其最接近的几个竞争者。 - It is a simplistic analysis, but the conclusion is inevitable: HSBC has overtaken Citigroup.
这是一个过分简化的分析，但必然得出这样的结论：汇丰已超越了花旗。