overtake
英 [ˌəʊ.vəˈteɪk]
美 [ˌoʊ.vɚˈteɪk]
1、over- "above, beyond; across" + take.
overtake 超过over-,在上,超过,take,拿,取。
- 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."
- 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。