overtaking

英 [ˌəʊvəˈteɪkɪŋ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈteɪkɪŋ]

v.  超过; 赶上; (在数量或重要性方面)大于; (不愉快的事情)突然发生，突然降临
overtake的现在分词

现在分词：overtaking　

BNC.33658 / COCA.40813

柯林斯词典

• VERB 超（车）；追上（前面的人）
  If youovertakea vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them.
  1. 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。
  2. The red car was pulling out ready to overtake.
     那辆红色汽车驶离车列准备超车。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pass


• VERB 赶上，超越（对手）
  If someone or somethingovertakesa competitor, they become more successful than them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Sales are booming in Japan, which has overtaken Britain as the Mini's biggest market.
     迷你车在日本的销量迅猛增长，使日本超过英国成为该车最大的消费市场。
• VERB （事件）出人意料地降临于…，突然发生在…身上
  If an eventovertakesyou, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly.
  1. 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 feelingovertakesyou, it affects you very strongly.
  1. Something like panic overtook me...
     一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
  1. she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
  Synonym:passing

双语例句

• Inflation accelerated to 27 per cent in July, overtaking Sri Lanka as the fastest rate in Asia.
  今年6月，越南通胀率升至27%，为亚洲最高水平，超过了斯里兰卡。
• A container vessel is overtaking us from port side.
  一艘集装箱船正从左舷追越我们。
• No overtaking.
  禁止超车。
• Metals and mining led activity for the first time in value terms, overtaking oil and gas.
  金属和矿业的并购交易金额首次超过石油和天然气。
• On the car, there are many sensing devices, the car can judges turn and overtaking.
  在车上有许多感应设备，能判断转弯和超车。
• Shanghai Automotive, GM's main Chinese joint venture partner, at present sells imported Saab cars in small numbers in China, which is overtaking the US as the world's largest car market.
  作为通用汽车在华主要合资伙伴，上海汽车（ShanghaiAutomotive）目前在中国销售少量的进口萨博轿车。中国正超越美国，成为世界上最大的汽车市场。
• I can't prevent this hurt from almost overtaking me.
  我无法假装这些伤痛几乎把我淹没。
• There was a bare possibility of overtaking them if pursued instantly.
  如果我立刻去追，也不见得追上他们。
• The vehicle ahead is turning left, turning around or overtaking another vehicle ahead;
  前车正在左转弯、掉头、超车的；
• The timing of China overtaking the US also reflects the global financial crisis, which hit the American economy much harder and so had a bigger impact on the country's energy use.
  中国赶超美国的时机也反映了全球经济危机的状况。美国深受其害，所以也对该国能源的使用产生了巨大影响。