overtake 音标拼音: ['ovɚt
, ek]
vt . 赶上,突然来袭,压倒
赶上,突然来袭,压倒
overtake v 1 :
catch up with and possibly overtake ; "
The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp " [
synonym : {
overtake }, {
catch },
{
catch up with }]
2 :
travel past ; "
The sports car passed all the trucks " [
synonym :
{
pass }, {
overtake }, {
overhaul }]
3 :
overcome ,
as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [
synonym :
{
overwhelm }, {
overpower }, {
sweep over }, {
whelm }, {
overcome },
{
overtake }]
Overtake \
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v .
t . [
imp . {
Overtook };
p .
p .
{
Overtaken };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Overtaking }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To come up with in a race ,
pursuit ,
progress ,
or motion ;
also ,
to catch up with and move ahead of .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Follow after the men ;
and when thou dost overtake them ,
say . . .
Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good . --
Gen .
xliv .
4 .
[
1913 Webster ]
He had him overtaken in his flight . --
Spenser .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence :
To surpass in production ,
achievement ,
etc .;
as ,
although out of school for half a year due to illness ,
the student returned and overtook all the others to finish as valedictorian .
[
PJC ]
3 .
To come upon from behind ;
to discover ;
to surprise ;
to capture ;
to overcome .
[
1913 Webster ]
If a man be overtaken in a fault . --
Gal .
vi .
1 [
1913 Webster ]
I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children . --
Shak .
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4 .
Hence ,
figuratively ,
in the past participle (
overtaken ),
drunken . [
Obs .] --
Holland .
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1913 Webster ]
5 .
To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant ; --
used mostly of plans ,
and commonly in the phrase overtaken by events ;
as ,
their careful marketing plan was overtaken by events .
[
PJC ]
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "
overtake ":
attend ,
befall ,
booze up ,
boozify ,
catch up with ,
come after ,
come up to ,
come up with ,
come upon ,
crock ,
displace ,
emanate ,
ensue ,
follow after ,
follow up ,
fuddle ,
gain on ,
gain upon ,
go after ,
hit ,
issue ,
lap ,
leave behind ,
leave standing ,
outdistance ,
outpace ,
outrun ,
outsail ,
outstrip ,
overhaul ,
overwhelm ,
pass ,
pickle ,
plaster ,
pollute ,
reach ,
replace ,
result ,
seize ,
souse ,
stew ,
stone ,
strike ,
succeed ,
supervene ,
swack ,
take ,
tipsify ,
track ,
trail
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