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overtake

英 [əʊvə'teɪk] 美 [,ovɚ'tek]

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解释

vt. 赶上；压倒；突然来袭
vi. 超车

※ 提供单词"overtake"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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."

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例句和用法

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。

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

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

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

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。