柯林斯詞典overturn /???v??t??n/ (overturning,overturned,overturns) 1. V-T/V-I If something overturns or if you overturn it, it turns upside down or on its side. 打翻; 翻倒 The motorcycle veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall. 摩托車轉(zhuǎn)向失去了控制，翻倒在地，然后猛地撞到一面墻上。 Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of wine. 亞歷克斯躍起得太猛，以至于打翻了他的那杯葡萄酒。2. V-T If someone in authority overturns a legal decision, they officially decide that that decision is incorrect or not valid. 推翻 When the courts overturned his decision, he backed down. 當(dāng)法院推翻了他的決定時，他讓步了。 返回 overturn劍橋詞典 overturn verb (GO UPSIDE DOWN) [ 不及物動詞：后面不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ] to (cause to) turn over 打翻，弄翻；（使）傾覆；（使）翻倒 The car skidded off the road , hit a tree and overturned. 汽車滑出道路，撞到樹上后翻了。 The intruder had overturned some of the furniture in the house . 入室竊賊翻動了屋子里的一些家具。 例句 The rioters overturned several cars and set them alight .An articulated lorry has overturned on the south-bound carriageway , shedding its load .A truck driver died last night when his vehicle overturned.She overturned the car , but walked away from it without a scratch .Vandals smashed windows and overturned cars in the downtown shopping district . overturn verb (CHANGE) [ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ] formal to change a legal decision 推翻（法律裁決） The Court of Appeal overturned the earlier decision . 上訴法庭推翻了早先作出的裁決。 [ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ] UK If you overturn someone's majority in an election in the UK, you defeat them. （在英國大選中）因獲得多數(shù)席位而獲勝 The Labour candidate unexpectedly overturned the long-standing Tory majority . 工黨候選人出乎意料地?fù)魯×碎L期以來占多數(shù)議席的保守黨。 返回 overturn