| 词汇 | overtake |
| 释义 | overtake verb uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈteɪk/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈteɪk/overtook | overtaken overtakeverb (GO PAST)C1[ T ] to go past something by being a greater amount or degree: （数量或程度上）大于，超过 Our US sales have now overtaken our sales in Europe.我们在美国的销售额现已超过了我们在欧洲的销售额。 We'd planned to hold a meeting tomorrow, but events have overtaken us (= things have changed).我们本打算明天召开一个会议，但情况发生了变化。 B2[ I or T ]UK(USpass) to come from behind another vehicle or a person and move in front of them: 超过，赶上，追上（人或车辆） Always check your rear view mirror before you overtake (another car).超车前一定要先看一下后视镜。 I accelerated to overtake the bus.我加速超过了公共汽车。 Garcia was gaining on her opponent throughout the race, but only overtook her at the very end.加西亚在整个赛跑过程中一点点逼近对手，但直到最后一刻才超过了她。 A continuous white line in the middle of the road means no overtaking. DVDs are overtaking videos in popularity. Surpassing in quality or number catch catch (someone) up compare crown crush do something for an encoreidiom eclipse encore outcompete outdo outflank outgo outman push the envelopeidiom put/leave someone in the shadeidiom shade shame steal a march on someoneidiom steal someone's thunderidiom surpass You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: On the road: driving & operating road vehicles overtakeverb (HAPPEN)[ T ] to happen to a person or a place suddenly and unexpectedly: 突然降临于；意外发生在 The family was overtaken by tragedy several years ago, and they still haven't recovered.几年前这家人突遭不幸，到现在还没恢复过来。 Surprising and shocking against all expectationsphrase amaze amazing amazingly astonish dumbfounding dumbfoundingly dynamite earth-shaking earth-shattering one for the booksidiom pull pull something out of the bag/hatidiom raise (a few) eyebrowsidiom reality check turn up (somewhere) turn-up for the book(s)idiom unbelievable walk walk in on someone overtake | American Dictionaryovertake verb[ T ] us/ˌoʊ·vərˈteɪk/past tenseovertookus/ˌoʊ·vərˈtʊk/ | past participleovertakenus/ˌoʊ·vərˈteɪ·kən/ overtakeverb[T] (GO PAST)to go beyond something by being a greater amount or degree, or to come from behind and move in front of: In the 1500-meter race, he finished with a late rush to overtake Barbosa in 1 minute, 44.84 seconds. The Bruins got within three points late in the game but just couldn’t overtake the Cowboys. overtakeverb[T] (HAPPEN)(esp. of unpleasant emotions or events) to happen suddenly and unexpectedly: The family was overtaken by tragedy several years ago. overtake | Business Englishovertake verb[ T ] uk /ˌəʊvəˈteɪk/usovertook | overtaken to grow, develop, or progress more quickly than something else: Our US sales have now overtaken our sales in Europe. Plastic soon overtook cash as Britain's most popular method of payment. Examples of overtakeovertake Start-up occurs when the corner layer overtakes the front. Through the mediation of the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland, a series of morphological changes overtakes the little creature. Other members were conscious of the need to make progress more urgently if the whole enterprise was not to be overtaken by events. Thematic polarities were gradually overtaken by archival-based studies of groups and individuals. As 'the period of persuasion' was overtaken in 1933 by the 'period of deterrence', the background weakness continues. However, they do not assure that overtaking is inevitable. Consider a switch-on shock overtaking a weak switch-off fast rarefaction travelling in the same direction. Indeed, that the pattern is undetected and therefore largely uncontrolled helps to account for the harried, rather fretful mood that so often overtakes the narrative. The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life. The mental experience, as represented by the double interiority of being inside the carriage inside the painting, overtakes the physical. Because of overtaking 'photons', the data is not necessarily monochromatic at a given time - multiple sharp peaks may occur in the spectrum. Having said this, however, the population levels of the ancien régime were not clearly overtaken until the second decade of the nineteenth century. One, where the reflected particle is overtaken by the laser pulse, and the other where the reflected particle moves ahead of the pulse. The traditional warden role has been overtaken by technology. While she was waiting for the people to come for her, she was overtaken by sleep. See all examples of overtake These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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