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Overturn Overturned Verb Decision 英[ˌəʊvəˈtɜ:N 美[ˌoʊvərˈtɜrn Vt Vi.(使)翻倒;Vt.使垮台,推翻;撤销(判决等);N.推翻,垮台;瓦解;灭亡,毁灭

单词 overturn
音标
英[ˌəʊvəˈtɜ:n] 美[ˌoʊvərˈtɜrn]
解释
vt.& vi.(使)翻倒;vt.使垮台,推翻;撤销(判决等);n.推翻,垮台;瓦解;灭亡,毁灭;
例句

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.
例: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。
例: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.
例: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。
例: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.
例:He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。
例:...a society where all the old values had been overturned.摒弃了所有旧价值观的社会
变形
third:overturns~done:overturned~ing:overturning~past:overturned~

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