| 单词 | overtake |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[ˌəʊvəˈteɪk] 美[ˌoʊvərˈteɪk] |
| 解释 | vt.追上,赶上;压倒;(不愉快的事)突然降临; |
| 例句 | VERB 超(车);追上(前面的人) If you overtake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them. 例: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。 例:The red car was pulling out ready to overtake.那辆红色汽车驶离车列准备超车。 VERB 赶上,超越(对手) If someone or something overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them. 例: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。 例: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。 VERB (事件)出人意料地降临于…,突然发生在…身上 If an event overtakes you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly. 例: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 feeling overtakes you, it affects you very strongly. 例:Something like panic overtook me...一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。 例: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。 |
| 变形 | third:overtakes~done:overtaken~ing:overtaking~past:overtook~ |
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