昂立外語【新概念培訓】分享overtake這個詞。overtake一詞第一次出現在新概念三冊Lesson 56:Our neighbour, the river ：
We know instinctively, just as beekeepers with their bees, that misfortune might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.
這里的overtake意為突然降臨、突然襲來，是一個及物動詞。通常主語是災難或者災難性的事件，如：
A mistake in staking can overtake you like an earthquake.
一個錯誤能像地震一樣壓倒你。
over-作為詞綴通常的含義有過度過頭，比方說overpopulated, over modernized, overwhelm(over-這一詞綴在47課和45課的完美講義上都有詳細的說明和舉例)。所以既然overtake有over那么肯定是什么東西過度了導致壓力山大。以后同學們記住，遇到不認識的生詞可以根據詞綴來猜測一下含義哦~
但是overtake通常來說還有另一個含義，讓我們來看一下The Great Gatsby里的這段話：
Just as I slowed up to avoid overtaking him he stopped and began frowning into the windows of a jewelry store.
我慢下腳步，為了不超過他。這里的overtake就是超過某人的意思。
I had to walk very fast to overtake you.
我不得不快走才能趕過你。
當overtake和車子連在一起的時候，解釋為超車，如：
The car pulled out to overtake the lorry.
小汽車開出車道去超那輛卡車。
overtake可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時，后接名詞或代詞作賓語。可用于被動結構。如：
She was overtaken by fear.
她突然感到恐懼。
好了，以上就是overtake全部的含義。最后，讓我們再來看一下overtake的英文釋義：
1. (especially British English) to go past a moving vehicle or person ahead of you because you are going faster than they are.
2. to become greater in number, amount or importance than something else.
3. if something unpleasant overtakes a person, it unexpectedly starts to happen and to affect them.
看了以上的英文解釋，是不是對overtake這個小詞的用法了然于心了呢？Work harder so as not to be overtaken by others! 我們下次再見！
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