Engineers had to overcome the challenge of extreme temperatures before the rover could safely explore the planet's surface.
工程师们必须克服极端温度的挑战，才能使火星车安全地探索行星表面。
The historian's account of the canal's construction proceeds strictly by decade from the 1880s to the 1910s, pausing at each decade only to describe major engineering setbacks and how they were overcome.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “overcome”?
B — To successfully deal with a problem. “overcome” means to successfully deal with a problem.
Which word means “to successfully deal with a problem”?
D — overcome. “overcome” means to successfully deal with a problem.
overcome — to successfully deal with a problem. In Chinese: 克服，战胜.
overcome is pronounced /ˌoʊvərˈkʌm/.
Engineers had to overcome the challenge of extreme temperatures before the rover could safely explore the planet's surface. (工程师们必须克服极端温度的挑战，才能使火星车安全地探索行星表面。)
conquer, surmount, defeat — all close in meaning to overcome (to successfully deal with a problem).
succumb, yield — each the opposite of overcome (to successfully deal with a problem).
Yes. overcome is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.