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

• He lost his temper after a driver flashed her headlights as he overtook
  一个女司机在他超车时不停地闪着车前灯，这让他火冒三丈。
• In 2009 China overtook Germany to become number one& and it will stay there.
  2009年，中国超过德国、坐上了头把交椅&而且中国将继续保持这一地位。
• China last year overtook India to become the biggest gold consumer for the first time.
  去年，中国首次超越印度，成为最大黄金消费国。
• 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。
• Its sales fell, and Samsung overtook it as the industry's number two.
  其销售量下跌，三星则在此时取代摩托成为手机制造业的第二大制造商。
• 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。
• He overtook the other runners on the last lap.
  他在最后一圈时超过了其他的赛跑选手。
• China overtook Germany last year to become world export champion, official figures have confirmed.
  官方数据已经证实，中国在去年超越德国，成为全球出口“冠军”。
• I overtook the lorry but had to cut in when I saw a bus coming the other way.
  我赶上了那辆货车，但当我看到一辆公共汽车从另一条道路开来时，只好超车抢挡。
• Unexpectedly, a rainstorm overtook us before we reached our destination.
  中途大雨，原未料及。