overturn
UK [ˌəʊ.və'tɜ:n] US [ˌoʊ.vɚ'tɝ:n] verb
GO UPSIDE-DOWN 翻倒
ADVANCED intransitive or transitive
■to (cause to) turn over 打翻，弄翻；（使）倾覆；（使）翻倒•The car skidded off the road, hit a tree and overturned.汽车滑出道路，撞到树上后翻了。 •The burglars had overturned all the furniture in the house.入屋爆窃的贼人翻了屋子里所有家俱。
UK [ˌəʊ.və'tɜ:n] US [ˌoʊ.vɚ'tɝ:n] verb
CHANGE 改变
ADVANCED transitive formal
■to change a legal decision 推翻（法律裁决）•The Court of Appeal overturned the earlier decision.上诉法庭推翻了早前作出的裁决。 transitive UK
■If you overturn someone's majority in a British election, you defeat them 在英国大选中因获得多数席位而获胜•The Labour candidate unexpectedly overturned the long-standing Tory majority.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。 |