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单词 overtook
释义
overtooko‧ver‧took /ˌəʊvəˈtʊk $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb Examples
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  • Before sleep overtook us, we reflected on our last few days' climbing.
  • In the reign of Boris Goldgather a great disaster overtook the Empire.
  • Ollokot overtook them and joined a group of warriors in resisting Captain Benteen's attempt to outflank the fleeing families.
  • The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life.
  • There was a trickle of traffic, now, and she overtook the sleepy drivers with an almost reckless haste.
  • This had all the makings of another long-running acrimonious dispute, when again wider political events quite unexpectedly overtook the controversy.
  • Thorngumbald was once renowned for its Agriculture and Flower Show until costs and age overtook its original helpers.
the past tense of overtake
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