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overturn

verb
 
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they overturn
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrn/
he / she / it overturns
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnz/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnz/
past simple overturned
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnd/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnd/
past participle overturned
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnd/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnd/
-ing form overturning
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnɪŋ/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrnɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [intransitive, transitive] if something overturns, or if somebody overturns it, it turns into a position in which the top of it is where the bottom of it normally is or on its side倾倒；倾覆；翻掉
    • The car skidded and overturned.汽车打滑翻倒了。🔊🔊
    • overturn something He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.他猛然站起来，弄翻了椅子。🔊🔊
  2.  
    [transitive] overturn something to officially decide that a legal decision, etc. is not correct, and to make it no longer legally recognized推翻，撤销（判决等）
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • He hopes that councillors will overturn the decision.他希望议员们能够推翻这一决定。
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc1, Law and justicec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • completely
    verb + overturn
    • seek to
    • try to
    • fail to
    • …
    phrases
    • be easily overturned
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  3. to show that a belief or an idea is not correct推翻，撤销（判决等）
    • She completely overturned my preconceptions about film stars.她完全推翻了我对电影明星的成见。
    • This argument seems convincing, but is easily overturned.这一论点看似令人信服，却很容易被推翻。