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.
  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

• 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。
• 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。
• India has in recent months overtaken China as the largest recipient of Japanese foreign direct investment.
  近几个月来，印度已超过中国，成为日本直接外国投资的最大接受国。
• We have been overtaken by events.
  我们遇到突然事故。
• 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。
• 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。
• Figures released in September showed that India had overtaken China in new subscribers per month for the first time.
  九月份发布的数据显示，每月手机新用户增长数量首次超过中国。
• Bosch is the world's largest car-parts supplier, having overtaken the struggling Delphi of the US last year.
  去年，博世超越了举步维艰的美国德尔福公司（Delphi），成为世界上最大的汽车零部件供应商。
• For the eurozone, Chinese imports had overtaken imports from the US by the middle of last year.
  在去年6月之前，欧元区从中国的进口额便已超过其从美国的进口额。
• The city was overtaken by storms for continuous days.
  这个城市连日来遭到暴风雨袭击。