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overtake

英 [əʊvə'teɪk] 美[,ovɚ'tek]
  • vt. 赶上;压倒;突然来袭
  • vi. 超车

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词态变化


第三人称单数: overtakes;过去式: overtook;过去分词: overtaken;现在分词: overtaking;

助记提示


1、over- "above, beyond; across" + take.

中文词源


overtake 超过

over-,在上,超过,take,拿,取。

英文词源


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."

双语例句


1. Pulling out to overtake, the car collided head-on with a van.
越线超车时,轿车和一辆厢式货车迎面相撞。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He pulled out to overtake a truck.
他驶出车流,以超过一辆卡车。

来自《权威词典》

3. I had to walk very fast to overtake you.
我不得不快走才能赶过你.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. No one could overtake him.
没有人能超过他.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him.
他正要驶离车流超前面那人的车。

来自柯林斯例句

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