overtake
要点追いつく
意味
- …に追いつく(catch up with)
- …を追い抜く
- 〈恐怖・あらしなどが〉〈人〉を不意に襲う
例文
If you hurry, you will soon overtake her.
もし君が急げば、すぐに彼女に追いつくでしょう。
If you hurry, you will overtake him.
もし急ぐならば、あなたは彼に追い付くでしょう。
Supply will soon overtake demand.
供給がまもなく需要に追いつくでしょう。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English overtaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb taken replaced nimen (“to take”)), of Middle English overnimen (“to overtake”), from Old English oferniman (“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent to over- + take.