overturn

英 [ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈtɜːrn]

v.  倾倒; 倾覆; 翻掉; 推翻，撤销(判决等)

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

考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7061 / COCA.6200

牛津词典

verb

• 倾倒；倾覆；翻掉
  if sth overturns , or if sb overturns it, it turns upside down or on its side
  1. The car skidded and overturned.
     汽车打滑翻倒了。
  2. He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.
     他猛然站起来，弄翻了椅子。
• 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 is not correct, and to make it no longer valid
  1. to overturn a decision/conviction/verdict
     撤销决定 / 定罪 / 裁决
  2. His sentence was overturned by the appeal court.
     上诉法庭撤销了对他的判决。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）翻转；（使）倾覆；（使）倒下
  If somethingoverturnsor if youoverturnit, it turns upside down or on its side.
  1. 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. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. ...a battered overturned boat.
     千疮百孔的倾覆的小船
• VERB 推翻，撤销（判决）
  If someone in authorityoverturnsa legal decision, they officially decide that that decision is incorrect or not valid.
  1. 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。
  2. 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）
  Tooverturna government or system means to remove it or destroy it.
  1. He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.
     他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。
  2. ...a society where all the old values had been overturned.
     摒弃了所有旧价值观的社会

英英释义

noun

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

verb

• change radically
  1. E-mail revolutionized communication in academe
  Synonym:revolutionizerevolutionise
• rule against
  1. The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
  Synonym:overruleoverrideoverthrowreverse
• cancel officially
  1. He revoked the ban on smoking
  2. lift an embargo
  3. vacate a death sentence
  Synonym:revokeannulliftcountermandreverserepealrescindvacate
• turn from an upright or normal position
  1. The big vase overturned
  2. The canoe tumped over
  Synonym:turn overtip overtump over
• cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
  1. The cat knocked over the flower vase
  2. the clumsy customer turned over the vase
  3. he tumped over his beer
  Synonym:tip overturn overupsetknock overbowl overtump over
• cause the downfall of
  1. The Czar was overthrown
  2. subvert the ruling class
  Synonym:overthrowsubvertbring down

双语例句

• A Projection and Overturn of Myths and Biblical Scene in Desire Under the Elms
  《榆树下的欲望》中神话及圣经场景的投影和颠覆
• 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。
• If you would like to overturn my standing orders at that time.
  如果你们想要推翻我所下达的命令。
• To overturn a watering can.
  打翻了一个喷壶。
• 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。
• The Supreme Court has been known to overturn its own past decisions, but not often.
  最高法院推翻自己过去的判决虽有先例，但并不常见。
• 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。
• 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。
• The high court can overturn an earlier decision.
  最高法院可以推翻先前的判决。
• Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position.
  从一个竖直或者正常地位置推翻。