追上並越過
這一族是核心畫面直接的、看得見的版本：兩個東西在同一條路上比快，後面的追過前面的。
overtake (a vehicle) · verb · B2
To go past a moving vehicle or person because you are travelling faster than them and want to get in front of them.
超車；追過
核心畫面
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…更多收起
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。Two branches
從背後襲來
同樣是「從後面追上你」，但這次追上來的不是對手，而是情緒或現實；它追上你之後不是越過去，而是把你整個吞掉——所以主詞和受詞常常顛倒過來，變成 be overtaken by。
(feeling) overwhelm · verb · B2
If a bad or very strong feeling overtakes you, it reaches you suddenly and has a powerful effect, so that you cannot easily stop it. Often used as 'be overtaken by something'.
（情緒）突然襲來；被…淹沒
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。