overtaking

柯林斯詞典

overtake /???v??te?k/ (overtaking,overtook,overtaken,overtakes)

• 1. V-T If someone or something overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them. 超過(guò)

  Lung cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as a cause of death for women in the U.S. 肺癌作爲(wèi)一種美國(guó)女性死亡原因現(xiàn)已超過(guò)了乳腺癌。

• 2. V-T If a feeling overtakes you, it affects you very strongly. 強(qiáng)烈影響[文學(xué)性]

  Something like panic overtook me in a flood. 一種類(lèi)似恐慌的感覺(jué)在一次洪水中壓倒了我。

• 3. V-T/V-I If you overtake, or overtake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them. 超過(guò)[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

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