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

• An ass lading with gold overtakes every thing.
  驮金的驴子无险阻。
• Once the more rapid growth of China since 2011 is included in calculations, it overtakes the US in 2014.
  一旦将中国自2011年以来的更为快速的增长考虑在内，中国经济规模就会在2014年超过美国。
• 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。
• Back to the life I miss so much of never going to bed, but sleeping when sleep overtakes me in front of my computer, or with a guitar in my arms.
  回到我思念很久的生活-不睡觉、一直到累到快不行时就趴在计算机前睡的生活，或者是怀抱吉他入睡的日子。
• "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。
• This article analysis it from three aspects, which is management, performance, audits and overtakes.
  本文从独立董事制度与管理层、企业业绩和财务审计、外部接管这三方面分析了独立董事制度存在的价值。
• 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。
• 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。
• Laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.
  懒惰走得太慢，很快就被贫穷追上。
• I hurry to cross the river before the night overtakes me.
  我怕被黑夜赶上，急忙过河。