overtaken 音标拼音: ['ovɚt
, ekən]
vbl .
overtake 的过去分词
overtake 的过去分词
Overtake \
O `
ver *
take "\,
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
If a man be overtaken in a fault . --
Gal .
vi .
1 [
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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 ]
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