英语词汇“overtake”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

overtakeovertake /ˌoʊvɚˈteɪk/ ●○○ verb (past tense overtook /-ˈtʊk/, past participle overtaken /-ˈteɪkən/) [transitive]

VERB TABLE

overtake

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	overtake
	he, she, it	overtakes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	overtook
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have overtaken
	he, she, it	has overtaken
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had overtaken
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will overtake
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have overtaken

Continuous Form
Present	I	am overtaking
	he, she, it	is overtaking
	you, we, they	are overtaking
Past	I, he, she, it	was overtaking
	you, we, they	were overtaking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been overtaking
	he, she, it	has been overtaking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been overtaking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be overtaking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been overtaking

1to become bigger, more advanced, more successful, etc. than someone or something that you are competing with: By 1970 the U.S. had overtaken the Soviet Union in space technology.2if a bad feeling or bad event overtakes you, it happens to you suddenly and prevents you from doing what you had planned: He was overtaken by exhaustion.3be overtaken by events if you are overtaken by events, the situation changes so that your plans or ideas are not useful or appropriate anymore4to go past someone or something that is moving by moving faster: Another runner overtook me right at the end of the race.