overturn

美 [ˌoʊvərˈtɜːrn]英 [ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn]
  • v.推翻,撤销(判决等);倾覆;颠覆;倾倒;翻掉
  • n.毁灭;推翻;垮台

过去式: overturned 现在分词: overturning 过去分词: overturned 第三人称单数: overturns

over- 翻转 + turn v.转动

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verb

1

倾倒;倾覆;翻掉
if sth overturns , or if sb overturns it, it turns upside down or on its side

The car skidded and overturned.

汽车打滑翻倒了。

He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.

他猛然站起来,弄翻了椅子。

2

推翻,撤销(判决等)
to officially decide that a legal decision etc. is not correct, and to make it no longer valid

to overturn a decision/conviction/verdict

撤销决定 / 定罪 / 裁决

His sentence was overturned by the appeal court.

上诉法庭撤销了对他的判决。

overturn

频次

  • 1
    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。

  • 2
    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。

  • 3
    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。

noun

1
an improbable and unexpected victory
the biggest upset since David beat Goliath
Synonym: upset
2
the act of upsetting something
he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed
Synonym: upset turnover

verb

1
change radically
E-mail revolutionized communication in academe
Synonym: revolutionize revolutionise
2
rule against
The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
Synonym: overrule override overthrow reverse
3
cancel officially
He revoked the ban on smoking
lift an embargo
vacate a death sentence
Synonym: revoke annul lift countermand reverse repeal rescind vacate
4
turn from an upright or normal position
The big vase overturned
The canoe tumped over
Synonym: turn over tip over tump over
5
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
Synonym: tip over turn over upset knock over bowl over tump over
6
cause the downfall of;of rulers
The Czar was overthrown
subvert the ruling class
Synonym: overthrow subvert bring down

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  1. The21st century will overturn many of our basic assumptions about economic life .

    21世纪将会颠覆很多我们关于经济生活的基础设想。

  2. Yet even the political overturn was not so revolutionary as one might suppose .

    然而即使政治上的颠覆也不如人们可能想象的那样具有革命性。

  3. He stood up quickly , overturning his chair .

    他猛然站起来,弄翻了椅子。

  4. She emerged from the overturned car with only a few scrapes and bruises .

    她从翻了的车里钻出来,只擦破一点皮,碰了几块淤青。

  5. The car skidded and overturned .

    汽车打滑翻倒了。

  6. Demonstrators turned on police , overturning vehicles and setting fire to them

    示威者攻击警察,推翻车辆并将其纵火焚烧。

  7. The bus is said to have overturned and fallen into a ravine .

    据说巴士发生翻车,跌进了峡谷。

  8. The earlier verdict was overturned on a legal technicality .

    由于诉讼程序上的一个技术细则,原先的判决被推翻了。

  9. The court overturned that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial evidence

    法庭以检控方拒绝出示关键证据为由撤销了那项判决。

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. He overturned the conviction , saying the defendant was entrapped

    他声称被告是被诱骗的,从而推翻了有罪的判决。

  14. Goodwin tried to have the court ruling overturned

    古德温想推翻法院作出的裁决。

  15. Hundreds of youths rampaged through the town , shop windows were smashed and cars overturned

    数百名年轻人在镇上横冲直撞,砸碎商店玻璃,掀翻车辆。

  16. A dozen cartons of books had been overturned and strewn about the floor .

    十几个装书的纸箱都被倒空,乱扔了一地。

  17. Horrified commuters saw the lorry veer across the motorway and overturn .

    惊恐万分的通勤者们看见那辆卡车突然冲向高速公路另一侧,接着翻倒在地。

  18. A racially mixed jury in Miami convicted Lozano of manslaughter , but an appellate court overturned the convictions .

    在迈阿密,由多种族人士组成的陪审团裁决洛扎诺犯过失杀人罪,但上诉法庭推翻了该判决。

  19. 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。

  20. Huge waves overturned the boat .

    大浪打翻了小船。

  21. When a bird 's nest is overturned , no egg can remain intact .

    覆巢之下无完卵。

  22. Ideas about " rational " economic man are being overturned by new ones from a discipline called behavioural economics .

    有关理性经济人的思想就正在被一个新兴的、名为行为经济学的学科给推翻。

  23. Usually they are parallel to each other , and sometimes overturned or overthrusted .

    通常它们是彼此平行的,有时是倒转或掩冲的。

  24. The earthquake overturned houses .

    地震使房屋倾覆。

  25. The train derailed and overturned .

    火车出轨颠覆了。

  26. Depending on the intensity of the deforming forces the folds may be gentle , sharp , overturned , or overthrust .

    根据变形力的强度,褶皱可以是平缓的,陡峭的,倒转的,或逆掩的。

  27. In the relief that many felt when the Supreme Court did not overturn the Affordable Care Act , the implications of the decision for Medicaid were not fully appreciated .

    当最高法院没有推翻《平价医疗法案》时,许多人感到宽慰,但人们并未充分理解这一决定对医疗补助的影响。

  28. For example , it may only be through repeated experiments , evidence gathering , and finally overturning a theory , that a baby will come to accept the idea that other people can have different views and desires from what he or she has , for example , unlike the child , Mommy actually doesn 't like Dove chocolate .

    例如,可能只有通过反复的实验、收集证据并在最后推翻一个理论时,婴儿才会接受这样的想法,即其他人可以有不同的观点和愿望,比如妈妈不是小孩,她不喜欢德芙巧克力。

  29. " I saw Bo swim out from under the overturned boat . "

    “我看见波从翻船底下游了出来。”

  30. China supports reforming the international order and system , but such reform is not about overturning the current system , or starting all over again , rather it is about seeking new ideas to improve it .

    我们主张对国际秩序和体系进行改革,但这种改革并不是推倒重来,也非另起炉灶,而是创新完善。

前缀
e-翻转

overthrow vt. 推翻

over- 翻转 + throw v.投

后缀
e-v.转动

return v. 回,返回

re- 相对,相反 + turn v.转动