Something behind you catches up and passes you. You were in front; now you are not. Whether it is a faster car, a rising rival, or a wave of fear, the shape is the same: it came from behind, it caught you, and it went past.
你在路上走，有個東西從你後面追上來，追到了，然後越過你去到前面。原本你在前，現在你在後。這個畫面裡有三個動作缺一不可——來自後方、追上、超過。不管超過你的是一台開得比較快的車、一個成長比較快的對手，還是一股突然湧上來的情緒，形狀都是這一個。over- 給的是「越過去」，take 給的是「抓到你」，合起來就是抓到了還越過去。
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
overtakeverb/əʊ̯vəːˈteɪ̯k/
- 1
To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
- The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.
- The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus.
- 2
To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.
- Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.
- 3
To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.
- Our plans were overtaken by events.
- VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day, / And make me trauaile forth vvithout my cloake, / To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my vvay, / Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten ſmoke.
overtakenoun/ˈəʊ̯vəːteɪ̯k/
- 1
An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.
- There wasn't enough distance left before the bend for an overtake, so I had to trundle behind the tractor for another mile.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。