overtaking

柯林斯词典

overtake /ˌəʊvəˈteɪk/ (overtaking,overtook,overtaken,overtakes)

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

  Lung cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as a cause of death for women in the U.S. 肺癌作为一种美国女性死亡原因现已超过了乳腺癌。

• 2. V-T If a feeling overtakes you, it affects you very strongly. 强烈影响[文学性]

  Something like panic overtook me in a flood. 一种类似恐慌的感觉在一次洪水中压倒了我。

• 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. 超过[英国英语]

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