overtake

英 [ˌəʊvə'teɪk] 美 [ˌoʊvər'teɪk]

• v. 赶上；突然来袭；压倒

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 超过

   come or catch up with

2. vt. & vi. 突然来到

   reach suddenly and unexpectedly

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 超过
2. 追上
3. 赶上
4. 压倒
5. 赶补（欠工）
6. 赶做（限期快到的工程）
7. 突然袭击
8. 打垮
9. 赶在...前面
10. 突然来到
11. 突然降临
12. 大于

英英释义

Verb:

1. catch up with and possibly overtake;

   "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
   

2. travel past;

   "The sports car passed all the trucks"
   

3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The car pulled out to overtake the lorry.
   小汽车开出车道去超那辆卡车。
2. I had to walk very fast to overtake you.
   我不得不快走才能赶过你。
3. It's dangerous to overtake on a bend.
   在转弯处超车十分危险。
4. For no man knows what misfortunes may overtake you.
   因为谁都不知道你会遭到什么不幸。
5. He felt a wild jealousy overtake him.
   他突然感觉到一阵莫名其妙的嫉妒。
6. A mistake in staking can overtake you like an earthquake.
   下注的一个错误能象地震一样压倒你。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. It's dangerous to overtake at a corner.
   转弯时超车危险。
2. Never attempt to overtake on the crest of a hill.
   在坡顶绝不要企图超车。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I was riding my bicycle along the road when a car overtook me.
   我骑着自行车走在马路上,突然,一辆汽车超过了我。
2. No one could overtake him.
   没人能超过他。
3. I had to walk very fast to overtake him.
   我必须走得非常快才能赶上他。
4. The police car overtook the lorry.
   警车追上了那辆卡车。
5. Exports have already overtaken last year's figure.
   出口量已超过了去年。
6. Some changes have overtaken our university recently.
   近来我们大学发生了一些意想不到的变化。
7. A storm overtook the little boat.
   小船突然遇到了暴风雨的袭击。
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8. She was overtaken by fear.
   她突然感到恐惧。
9. We have been overtaken by events.
   我们遇到突然事故。
10. The city was overtaken by storms for continuous days.
    这个城市连日来遭到暴风雨袭击。

经典引文

• Meeting or overtaking other couples.

  出自： E. Bowen

• He swung out sharply to overtake.

  出自： R. Hill

• Old ladies on bicycles were prone to overtake me on hills.

  出自： J. Raban

• Western Europe overtook North America as the world's largest car market.

  出自：Japan Times

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• overtake the boat 突然袭击了小船
• overtake sb's car 超过某人的车
• overtake the city 突然降临到这个城市

～+介词

• overtake by 遭到…的袭击
• overtake with 被…吓垮

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. overtake的基本含义是“超过”,指原本处于落后的一方逐渐与领先者缩小距离并实现超越,最终领先; 也可指在没有准备的情况下某事突然发生,即“突然来到”。
2. overtake可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. overtake的过去式为overtook,过去分词为overtaken。

近反义词

【近义词】

• pass 通过
• overhaul 翻修
• reach 到达
• hit 打（击）
• engulf 吞没
• strike 罢工
• run by 时间逝去, 跑过...
• sweep over 环视四周
• go beyond 超过, 胜过
• leave behind 留下
• outdo 超过
• surpass 超越
• assail 使苦恼，纠缠...
• overwhelm 打击
• catch 赶上
• befall 发生
• outdistance 远远超过
• happen 发生
• chase 追捕
• catch up with 赶上
• upon 在 ... 上
• conquer 征服
• gain upon 逼近(超过
• run down 撞倒
• come upon 偶遇
• come 来
• with 用
• run 跑
• up 向上
• by 靠近
• down 向下
• gain 获得
• overpower 压倒
• whelm 用 ... 覆盖
• overcome 战胜