pa. p. 1. overtaken趕上。 △Mac.4.1.145:“The flighty pur-pose never is o'ertook / Unless the deed go with it.”i.e.Our deeds never overtake our purposes unless weact at once. 要追趕上那飛快的念頭,就得馬上見(jiàn)諸行動(dòng)。 2. overcome被壓倒。 △Ham.2.1.58(56): “There wasa gaming,there o'ertook in 's rouse.”他在那里賭博,在那里喝醉了酒。