o.ver.take 【及物動詞】o.ver.took, o.ver.tak.ing, o.ver.takes1 a. 趕上; 使平等 b. 追過2 偶然遇見; 突襲 geopolitical strategists who were overtaken by events in the Middle East這些地緣政治計謀家突然遭逢中東事件