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单词 overturn
释义
overturn
verb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈtɜːn/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈtɝːn/

overturnverb(GO UPSIDE DOWN)

[IorT]
to (causeto)turnover:
打翻，弄翻；（使）倾覆；（使）翻倒
Thecarskiddedoff theroad,hitatreeand overturned.汽车滑出道路，撞到树上后翻了。
Theintruderhad overturned some of thefurniturein thehouse.入室窃贼翻动了屋子里的一些家具。
More examples
  • The rioters overturned severalcarsand set themalight.
  • Anarticulatedlorryhas overturned on the south-boundcarriageway,sheddingitsload.
  • Atruckdriverdiedlastnightwhen hisvehicleoverturned.
  • She overturned thecar, butwalkedaway from it without ascratch.
  • Vandalssmashedwindowsand overturnedcarsin thedowntownshoppingdistrict.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Turning upside down
  • ass
  • capsize
  • flip
  • go ass over (tea)kettleidiom
  • invert
  • inverted
  • supinate
  • upend
  • upset
  • upside down
  • upturned

overturnverb(CHANGE)

[T]formal
tochangealegaldecision:
推翻（法律裁决）
TheCourtof Appeal overturned theearlierdecision.上诉法庭推翻了早先作出的裁决。
[T]UK
If you overturn someone'smajorityin anelectionin the UK, youdefeatthem:
（在英国大选中）因获得多数席位而获胜
TheLabourcandidateunexpectedlyoverturned thelong-standingTorymajority.工党候选人出乎意料地击败了长期以来占多数议席的保守党。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Court cases, orders & decisions
  • actionable
  • administer
  • admissibility
  • admissible
  • affidavit
  • conveyancing
  • exhibit
  • extinguishment
  • extrajudicial
  • fatal accident inquiry
  • finding
  • gagging order
  • inquest
  • moot
  • plead
  • precedent
  • pretrial
  • probate
  • provide
  • reconvict
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Elections
Winning and defeating
(Definition ofoverturnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overturn| American Dictionary

overturn
verb[I/T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈtɜrn/
toturnover, or tocausesomething toturnover:
[I]Thetruckoverturned,spillingitscargo.
To overturn adecisionorjudgmentis for acourttochangeit so it will not be ineffect:
[T]Thecourtofappealsoverturned herconvictionandordereda newtrial.
(Definition ofoverturnfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

overturn| Business English

overturn
verb[T]
uk
/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn/us
LAW
tochangealegaldecision:
overturn a decision/verdict/rulingTheCourtof Appeal overturned theearlierdecision.
(Definition ofoverturnfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverturn

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There were limits to the extent to which the post-1945 consensus could be overturned.
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While this attitude was challenged and overturned by subsequent academic re-evaluation, steps towards mainstream recognition of the poverty of initial criticism were only tentative.
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We hope, by overturning the conventional approach to rendering, to find a way of handling ruins.
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Cladistics has revolutionized systematics, overturning some traditional taxonomic categories and firmly establishing others.
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The second chapter, on the definition of life, goes beyond the traditional notions of life, and re-examines its properties and overturns conventional thinking.
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The folds are commonly open and symmetrical, locally tight and overturned.
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We have argued that it is more natural to consider the specification that the conditional variance decreases to zero and subsequently overturned his result.
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By the end of the novel, the text overturns the very dichotomy between mindless passion and considered affection.
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The government also overturned its earlier decision not to accredit foreign diplomats to observe the elections.
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Without economic or political independence, women could only manipulate the ideology to their best advantage rather than overturning it completely.
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On the floor, near the overturned table and broken dish, lies a spoon.
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There is no subtler, no surer way of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.
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Which latter is not however to say that" correct thinking" overturns society.
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There are those who accept him as a subverter of meanings, including his own, an anti-philosopher, a disconcerting jester, gleefully overturning accepted habits of thought.
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A former commoner thus overturns the arrogance of those who dominate the royal ' ' court' ' and the courtroom.
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