1 VERB 超（车）；追上（前面的人） If you overtake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them. 超（车）；追上（前面的人） [mainly British]
SYN pass, leave behind, overhaul, catch up with
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pass
2 VERB 赶上，超越（对手） If someone or something overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them. 赶上，超越（对手）
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It's the first time at these games that the Americans have overtaken the Cubans. [VERB noun]
这是美国人在这一运动会上首次超越古巴人。
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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。
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Sales are booming in Japan, which has overtaken Britain as the Mini's biggest market. [VERB noun]
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。
SYN outdo, top, exceed, eclipse
3 VERB （事件）出人意料地降临于…，突然发生在…身上 If an event overtakes you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly. （事件）出人意料地降临于…，突然发生在…身上
SYN befall [archaic , literary] , hit, happen to, come upon
4 VERB （情感等）压倒，使难以承受 If a feeling overtakes you, it affects you very strongly. （情感等）压倒，使难以承受 [literary]
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Something like panic overtook me. [VERB noun]
一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。
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From the moment Edward had told her of the escape attempt, she had been overtaken by a sense of impending doom. [VERB noun]
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。
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