overturn的中文翻译是什么意思

overturn

US/ˌoʊvərˈtɜːrn/
UK/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn/

vt.& vi. (使)翻倒

vt. 使垮台,推翻; 撤销(判决等)

overturn柯林斯释义

V-ERG(使)翻转;(使)倾覆;(使)倒下

If something overturns or if you overturn it, it turns upside down or on its side.

  • The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall...

    卡车突然失控,翻倒撞上了一堵墙。

  • Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of sherry...

    亚历克斯一下子暴跳起来,结果把他那杯雪利酒都打翻了。

VERB推翻,撤销(判决)

If someone in authority overturns a legal decision, they officially decide that that decision is incorrect or not valid.

  • When the Russian parliament overturned his decision, he backed down...

    俄罗斯议会推翻了他的决定,他只好作罢。

  • His nine-month sentence was overturned by Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Watkins.

    上诉法院法官沃特金斯撤销了对他作出的9个月徒刑的判决。

VERB颠覆,破坏(政府或体系)

To overturn a government or system means to remove it or destroy it.

  • He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.

    他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。

  • ...a society where all the old values had been overturned.

    摒弃了所有旧价值观的社会

overturn英文释义

Noun

1. the act of upsetting something;

  • he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed

2. an improbable and unexpected victory;

  • the biggest upset since David beat Goliath

Verb

1. turn from an upright or normal position;

  • The big vase overturned
  • The canoe tumped over

2. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position;

  • The cat knocked over the flower vase
  • the clumsy customer turned over the vase
  • he tumped over his beer

3. rule against;

  • The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill

4. cause the downfall of; of rulers;

  • The Czar was overthrown
  • subvert the ruling class

5. annul by recalling or rescinding;

  • He revoked the ban on smoking
  • lift an embargo
  • vacate a death sentence

6. change radically;

  • E-mail revolutionized communication in academe

overturn场景例句

We have been pressed by the Three Mountains for years and we overturn it at last.

我们过去被三座大山压迫了几十年,今天终于把它推倒了.

THERE never was such an overturn in this world.

这世界上还从来没有过如此希望落空的事.

We saw the canoe overturn, throwing its passengers into the water.

我们看到独木舟倾覆了, 把上面的乘客掀入水中.

Their cunning plot is to overturn our government . It is of the thinnest.

他们的阴谋是想翻天. 这是显而易见的.

Since then, economists have vied with each other to overturn this orthodoxy.

自此之后, 经济学家就开始争相颠覆这个传统理论.

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overturn词性变形

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