overtake
overtake 英 [ˌəʊvəˈteɪk] 美 [ˌoʊvərˈteɪk]
vt. 超过；赶上；突然来袭
进行时:overtaking 过去式:overtook 过去分词:overtaken 第三人称单数:overtakes 名词复数:overtakes
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- vt. 超过；赶上；突然来袭
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1. He pulled out to overtake a truck.
他驶出车流，以超过一辆卡车。
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2. It's dangerous to overtake on a bend.
在弯道强行超车是危险的。
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3. Nuclear energy may overtake oil as the main fuel.
核能可能会超过石油成为主要燃料。
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4. The climbers were overtaken by bad weather.
登山者突然遭遇了恶劣天气。
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5. Sudden panic overtook her.
她突然感到一阵恐慌。
- overtake (v.) "to come up to, to catch in pursuit," early 13c., from over- + take (v.). According to OED, originally "the running down and catching of a fugitive or beast of chase"; it finds the sense of over- in this word "not so clear." Related: Overtaken; overtaking. Old English had oferniman "to take away, carry off, seize, ravish."
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