overtake
超过
definition
verb
the driver overtook a line of vehicles
catch up with and pass while traveling in the same direction.
the pattern of economic ruin overtook them
(especially of misfortune) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon.
translation of 'overtake'
verb
赛过,
赶,
追上,
超车,
赶上,
超
noun
超过,
赶过
example
Later that year he presented the Report on Manufactures, an ambitious plan to 'overtake' Britain in industrial output.
Tourism is doing pretty well in Mauritius, too, and is set to 'overtake' sugar as the country's most important industry.
Take along some mint because the fast descent down the mountain might disturb even city folk, especially when the driver pulls out to 'overtake' other cars on the narrow road.
That's the key to what we have to do, is we have to maintain the ability to pass and 'overtake' .
If I didn't, I feared panic would 'overtake' me so badly that I really had no other choice but to try and go.
The team has managed to 'overtake' last year's successes to receive commendation for every entry they submitted this year.
You don't let frustration 'overtake' you when you're looking for change.
While chipping at the landing is still the principal means of comminution, bundling is growing rapidly and could easily 'overtake' roadside chipping within a few years.
A driver attempted to 'overtake' them but couldn't complete the move, and pulled towards their SUV.
Wait until it is safe to 'overtake' , and then pass wide and slow.
Nobody in retailing underestimates the power of the card: its success undoubtedly helped Tesco to 'overtake' Sainsbury as Britain's leading grocer.
My driver then tries to 'overtake' the truck at the same time.
Express bus drivers who don't 'overtake' other buses, hence stopping unnecessarily at every stop.
Now, if a daring driver decides to 'overtake' the bus in front, he runs into trouble in uniform.
Unfortunately, as happens so often to columnists who monitor current affairs at the global level, events 'overtake' the best of intentions.
Isn't it just so annoying when one lorry travelling at 60 mph tries to 'overtake' another which is travelling at 58 mph?
She is concerned that, unless things change fairly rapidly, a similar fate will 'overtake' her own premises.
He said the boom in China's economy had helped shipping 'overtake' tourism.
In this, time was an indispensable ally: dictators might die, crops fail, disaster 'overtake' an expedition; it all helps, given time.
Instead, we see his unvarnished, unpretty tears when anguish 'overtakes' him.
Building construction is rapidly 'overtaking' all other developmental activities.
A feeling of peacefulness 'overtook' her and, for once, she forgot the recent tragedies.
In recent years, low prices have devastated coffee farming in Rwanda, and tea exports have now 'overtaken' coffee.
The Focus had stopped when a vehicle, travelling in the opposite direction, 'overtook' another vehicle, which had stopped so the driver could remove an obstruction from the road.
I was suddenly 'overtaken' by feelings of panic and fear.
Or was it a forecast of the deluge of disaster that has since 'overtaken' the area and the country in the form of cold, heartless crime?
Angst has 'overtaken' him, he says of his year on tour.
Police are investigating the apparent road rage incident which is believed to have occurred after the bus 'overtook' a line of stationary vehicles.
With pure madness and natural disasters 'overtaking' the entire planet, how could I believe that the Cayman Islands would remain unscathed?
But archaeologists found themselves on the wrong side of history, 'overtaken' by events that they tried hard to forestall.
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