overturn

美 [ˌoʊvərˈtɜrn]
英 [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈtɜː(r)n]
  • v.倾覆；倾倒；翻掉；推翻
  • n.毁灭；推翻；垮台
  • 网络颠覆；打翻；颠倒
第三人称单数：overturns  现在分词：overturning  过去式：overturned  

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overturn
v.
1.
[i][t]
倾倒；倾覆；翻掉if sthoverturns , or if sboverturns it, it turns upside down or on its side
The car skidded and overturned.
汽车打滑翻倒了。
He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.
他猛然站起来，弄翻了椅子。
2.
[t]
~ sth
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 is not correct, and to make it no longer valid
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。

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全部全部,倾覆倾覆,倾倒倾倒,翻掉翻掉,推翻推翻,毁灭毁灭,垮台垮台,颠覆颠覆,打翻打翻,颠倒颠倒
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1.
The boat went up and down, and the small tin soldier wondered if the boat would overturn.
船忽上忽下，小锡士兵心想这艘船不知道会不会翻覆。
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2.
If Barack Obama thought Ms Sotomayor would vote to overturn Roe, he would not have nominated her to the Supreme Court.
如果奥巴马总统知道Sotomayor女士会投票支持重判罗伊案，他可能就不会提名她作为联邦最高法院大法官的候选人。
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3.
In just a few months Mr Papandreou's Socialist government is seeking to overturn decades of tax evasion and easy government money.
帕潘德里欧总理的社会主义政府希冀在短短几个月时间内，便消除数十年的逃税行为与唾手可得的政府资金。
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4.
Court, as final arbiter of the Constitution, can overturn legislative ACTS or executive orders if it finds them to be unconstitutional.
身为宪法最后仲裁者的最高法院，如果发现法令或是行政命令违宪，可以将其推翻。
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5.
The company's new president decided to overturn a decision by his predecessor that was unpopular with employees.
公司新总裁决心推翻前任制定的不受员工欢迎的决定。
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6.
Animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot wrote to the German minister calling on her not to give in to pressure to overturn the Anuga ban.
动物权益倡导人士BrigitteBardot写信给德国部长呼吁她不要向推翻德国科隆国际食品展览会（Anuga）禁令的压力屈服。
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7.
Russia is not justified in holding on to Georgian territory or trying to overturn a democratically elected regime.
俄罗斯侵占格鲁吉亚领土或试图推翻民选政权的做法是没有正当理由的。
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8.
He wasn't trying to overturn the prerogatives of heads of school around the world.
他那时并没有想自己会颠覆这个原本属于全世界学校负责人的权力。
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Several Democrats in the House, including Arkansas congressman Beryl Anthony, were trying to overturn the rules.
众议院的几位民主党人，包括阿肯色州的众议员贝丽尔.安东尼，试图否决这个伤残补助规定。
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10.
Gandhi never ceased trying to overturn these prejudices of Western modernity.
甘地从未停止尝试推翻西方现代化的偏见。
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