[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](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.
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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。
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。
...a battered overturned boat.
千疮百孔的倾覆的小船
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[VERB 动词]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.
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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。
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[VERB 动词]颠覆,破坏(政府或体系) To overturn a government or system means to remove it or destroy it.
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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
Oxford
over·turn/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn; NAmEˌoʊvərˈtɜːrn/verb1[intransitive , transitive ]if sth overturns,or if sb overturnsit, it turns upside down or on its side 倾倒;倾覆;翻掉◆The car skidded and overturned.汽车打滑翻倒了。overturnsth ◆He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.他猛然站起来,弄翻了椅子。2[transitive ]overturnsth to officially decide that a legal decision, etc. is not correct, and to make it no longer valid 推翻,撤销(判决等)◆to overturn a decision/conviction/verdict撤销决定╱定罪╱裁决◆His sentence was overturned by the appeal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。overturnoverturnsoverturnedoverturningover·turn/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn; NAmEˌoʊvərˈtɜːrn/
1[intransitive, transitive] if you overturn something, or if it overturns, it turns upside down or falls over on its side: Leslie jumped to her feet, overturning her chair. His car overturned, trapping him inside.2overturn a decision/verdict etc to change a decision or result so that it becomes the opposite of what it was before: His conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal.3[transitive] to suddenly remove a government from power, especially by using violenceSYN overthrow
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[ˌəʊvəˈtɜ:n]overturned, overturning, overturns
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推翻(63%),颠覆(13%),倾覆(12%),打翻(7%),翻倒(5%)
vt.推翻;倾覆;破坏
vi.推翻;倾覆
n.倾覆;周转;破灭
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