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. 當法院推翻了他的決定時，他讓步了。 返回 overturned