overtook

英 [ˌəʊvəˈtʊk]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈtʊk]

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的过去式

柯林斯词典

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  Overtookis the past tense ofovertake.

双语例句

• We picked up the trail of the fugitives and soon overtook them.
  我们找到逃亡者的踪迹，不久就追上了他们。
• Last year China overtook America to become the country's leading customer.
  去年，中国已经超过美国成为了泰国产品最大的进口国。
• Unexpectedly, a rainstorm overtook us before we reached our destination.
  中途大雨，原未料及。
• He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry.
  他眼睛直视前方，加速超过了前面一辆慢吞吞行进的大卡车。
• When the boat overtook us, we got aboard.
  当那只船赶上我们时，我们就上船了。
• The jaguar overtook the fleeing deer. They went nuts over the Cougar.
  美洲豹追上了正在逃跑的鹿。他们对美洲豹车看得入迷。
• Apple out-earned Microsoft in its most recent financial quarters, and overtook it in stock market value last year.
  苹果在最近的金融季度当中的盈利额超过了微软，并且在去年，苹果的市值超过了微软。
• Soon he overtook the slow oxen.
  过了一会他就追上了慢吞吞的牛群。
• He claims Pasolini overtook and tackled him, pushing him into the dirt.
  他声称帕索利尼追上去打他，把他推倒在烂泥里。
• China ( including Hong Kong) overtook Britain last year as the biggest export market for Bordeaux wines.
  去年，中国（含香港）取代英国成为波尔多葡萄酒的最大出口市场。