1. 超（车）；追上（前面的人）
    If you overtake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them.

overtake的反义词

    e.g. When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane...
           他终于超过了最后那辆卡车后便驶回了内车道。
    e.g. The red car was pulling out ready to overtake.
           那辆红色汽车驶离车列准备超车。

2. 赶上，超越（对手）
    If someone or something overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them.

overtake什么意思

    e.g. It's the first time at these games that the Americans have overtaken the Cubans...
           这是美国人在这一运动会上首次超越古巴人。
    e.g. Lung cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as a cause of death for women in the US...
           肺癌现在已经取代乳腺癌成为美国女性的一大杀手。

3. （事件）出人意料地降临于…，突然发生在…身上
    If an event overtakes you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly.

    e.g. Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however.
           然而，不幸将很快降临到他的头上。

4. （情感等）压倒，使难以承受
    If a feeling overtakes you, it affects you very strongly.

    e.g. Something like panic overtook me...
           一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。
    e.g. From the moment Edward had told her of the escape attempt, she had been overtaken by a sense of impending doom.
           自从爱德华告诉她打算逃跑的那一刻起，她便强烈感到厄运在一步步逼近。