overtake是什么意思？

The sugar industry is overtaking alcohol and tobacco business in generating profits.

It has overtaken that of the United States.

As a result, their math grades overtook those of the other students by the end of the first semester—and the gap between the two groups continued to widen during the two years we followed them.

Decades ago, Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film — and in fact, Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975 — but in a fateful decision, the company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its traditional film business.

By the late 1960s, that term was overtaken by Black.

Some Asian countries have overtaken America in basic sciences.