overtake

• vt. 趕上；壓倒；突然來襲
• vi. 超車

over-,在上，超過，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.

越線超車時，轎車和一輛廂式貨車迎麵相撞。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He pulled out to overtake a truck.

他駛出車流，以超過一輛卡車。

來自《權威詞典》

3. I had to walk very fast to overtake you.

我不得不快走才能趕過你.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. No one could overtake him.

沒有人能超過他.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him.

他正要駛離車流超前麵那人的車。

來自柯林斯例句