overrule
verb🔊/ˌəʊvəˈruːl/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈruːl/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overrule | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈruːl/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈruːl/ |
| he / she / it overrules | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈruːlz/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈruːlz/ |
| past simple overruled | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈruːld/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈruːld/ |
| past participle overruled | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈruːld/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈruːld/ |
| -ing form overruling | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈruːlɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈruːlɪŋ/ |
- overrule somebody/something
to change a decision or reject an idea from a position of greater power （以权力）否定，拒绝，更改决定 to overrule a decision/an objection （以权力）推翻决议／异议 The verdict was overruled by the Supreme Court. 最高法院驳回了那个裁决。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverrule is used with these nouns as the subject:- judge
- decision