单词：overturn
vt. 推翻, 颠倒
vi. 翻倒
v. turn from an upright or normal position
v. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
考试类型：[考研/托福/GRE]
overturn的用法和样例：
例句
- The boat overturned but didn't sank.小船翻了，但没有沉。
- The revolutionist planned to overturn this puppet regime.革命者计划推翻傀儡政府。
- Some high-ranking officers plotted to overturn the government.有几名高级军官策划推翻政府。
- The 21st century will overturn many of our basic assumptions about economic life.21世纪将会颠覆很多我们关于经济生活的基础假设。
- This is one of the important reasons for overturn of ro-ro ships.这是许多滚装船发生倾覆的重要原因之一。
常见句型
- The boat overturned.船翻了。
- We saw the canoe overturn, throwing its passengers into the water.我们看到那个独木舟翻了,把几个乘客都抛到水里。
- The earthquake overturned houses.地震使房屋倾覆。
- He overturned the lamp.他把灯打翻了。
- The dog overturned his empty dish to show that he was hungry.狗把它的空盘子翻了过来,说明它饿了。
- A big wave overturned the boat.一个大浪把小船打翻了。
- The rebels overturned the government.反叛者们推翻了政府。
- The decision overturned a century-old judicial rule.这项决议推翻了历时已有一个世纪的司法裁决。
词汇搭配
- overturn boat打翻了小船
- overturn the dish打翻了盘子
- overturn house推翻了房屋
- overturn lamp打翻了灯
- overturn government推翻了政府
- overturn rule推翻了规定
经典引文
Our sole aim must be to overturn the social iceberg, stand it on its head.
出自：M. LeitchI ransacked the closet.., overturning boxes.
出自：P. Auster
- turn over滚动
- knock over撞倒
- tip over翻倒
- reverse逆转
- annul废除
- upend竖立
- nullify使无效
- abolish废除
- invalidate使无效
- inversion倒转
- upturn情况好转
- transposal互换位置
- downturn低迷时期
- reversal翻转
- transposition调换
- upset心烦的
- overthrow推翻
- vacate空出
- bring down使倒下
- repeal废止
- subvert推翻
- countermand取消
- revoke撤回，取消，废除...
- bowl over击倒
- revolutionize彻底变革
- overrule驳回
- rescind废除
- revolutionise（使）发生革命性剧变...
- lift举起
- turnover营业额
- override推翻
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