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overturn

/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn/ /ˌoʊvərˈtɜːrn/
  • v.
    (使)翻倒,(使)倾覆;推翻,撤销(判决等);颠覆,破坏(政府或体系);<英>在英国大选中因获得多数席位而获胜
  • n.
    <罕>颠覆,革命;(尤指水温分层的湖水每年两次的)湖水对流
第三人称单数overturns
现在分词overturning
过去式overturned
过去分词overturned
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词语例句

  1. (使)翻倒,(使)倾覆vt.&vi.

    六级
    • He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.

      他猛然站起来,弄翻了椅子。

    • The car skidded and overturned.

      汽车打滑翻倒了。

  2. 推翻,撤销(判决等)vt.

    • His sentence was overturned by the appeal court.

      上诉法庭撤销了对他的判决。

    • She was cloned from a single cell of an adult female sheep, overturning long-held scientific dogma that had declared such a thing biologically impossible.

      她是从一只成年母羊的单个细胞中克隆出来的,这推翻了长期以来一直坚持的科学教条,该教条宣称这样的事情在生物学上是不可能(发生)的。

  3. 颠覆,破坏(政府或体系)vt.

    • The ambitious politicians attempted to overturn the government.

      野心家们企图推翻政府。

  4. <英>在英国大选中因获得多数席位而获胜vt.

    • The Tory candidate overturned the Labour once again.

      保守党候选人再次击败了工党。

  1. Recent evidence of subtle interactions between earthquakes may overturn this assumption, however.
    然而,最近有关地震之间微妙的相互作用的证据可能会推翻这一假设。
  2. They overturn rocks to find them and consuming as many as 40,000 apiece in a single day.
    为了找到这些他们,它们会翻倒岩石,一天就能消耗4万多块。
  3. The state already has a "trigger law" on the books, which would ban most abortions, if the Supreme Court overturn Roe v Wade.
    该州已将“触发法律”写入法律,如果最高法院对罗诉韦德案进行翻案,这条法律会禁止大多数的堕胎行为。

网络短语

  • SEAM OVERTURN
    缝头方向错
  • overturn-proof
    房倾倒装置
  • overturn pylon
    倾覆派龙
  • overturn the thread
    过扣
  • overturn protection of jib
    防臂架后翻装置

词语扩展

vt.
推翻;倾覆;破坏
vi.
推翻;倾覆
n.
倾覆;周转;破灭
adj.
overturned倾覆的,倒转的
v.
overturned颠覆(overturn的过去式)

词义分布

推翻
54.5%
颠覆
31.1%
翻转
5.3%
倾覆
4.5%
破灭
1.5%
颠倒
1.5%
打翻
1.5%

英英释义

  • n.the act of upsetting something
  • n.an improbable and unexpected victory
  • v.turn from an upright or normal position
  • v.cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
  • v.rule against
  • v.cause the downfall of; of rulers

词源

  • overturn推翻,倾覆
    over-,超过,过度,turn,转。比喻用法。