overturn

英 [ˌəʊvə'tɜːn] 美 [ˌoʊvər'tɜːrn]

• v. 翻倒；推翻；颠覆
• n. 倾覆；打翻

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)翻倒; 颠覆

   (cause to) turn over; bring (especially a government) to an end suddenly

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 推翻
2. 翻倒
3. 翻身
4. 使翻转
5. 使倒下
6. 破坏
7. 废除
8. 倒下
9. 颠覆
10. 打翻
11. 翻过来
12. 倒转
13. 毁灭
14. 打倒
15. 掀翻
16. 扭转
17. 无视
18. 倾倒
19. 倾覆
20. 翻掉
21. 撤销
22. 使垮台
23. 使翻过来
24. 颠倒

n. 名词

1. 倾覆
2. 打翻
3. 毁灭
4. 推翻
5. 垮台
6. 瓦解
7. 灭亡
8. 倒转褶皱
9. 湖水对流
10. 翻转
11. 颠覆
12. 废除
13. 【经】周转
14. 流通
15. 革命
16. 破灭

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of upsetting something;

   "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
   

2. an improbable and unexpected victory;

   "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
   

Verb:

1. turn from an upright or normal position;

   "The big vase overturned"
   "The canoe tumped over"
   

2. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position;

   "The cat knocked over the flower vase"
   "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"
   "he tumped over his beer"
   

3. rule against;

   "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
   

4. cause the downfall of; of rulers;

   "The Czar was overthrown"
   "subvert the ruling class"
   

5. cancel officially;

   "He revoked the ban on smoking"
   "lift an embargo"
   "vacate a death sentence"
   

6. change radically;

   "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The boat overturned but didn't sank.
   小船翻了，但没有沉。
2. The revolutionist planned to overturn this puppet regime.
   革命者计划推翻傀儡政府。
3. Some high-ranking officers plotted to overturn the government.
   有几名高级军官策划推翻政府。
4. 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。

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The boat overturned.
   船翻了。
2. 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。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The earthquake overturned houses.
   地震使房屋倾覆。
2. He overturned the lamp.
   他把灯打翻了。
3. 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。
4. A big wave overturned the boat.
   一个大浪把小船打翻了。
5. The rebels overturned the government.
   反叛者们推翻了政府。
6. 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。

经典引文

• Our sole aim must be to overturn the social iceberg, stand it on its head.

  出自： M. Leitch

• I ransacked the closet.., overturning boxes.

  出自： P. Auster

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• 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

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. overturn的基本含义是指将某物翻过来,使其平躺在地上,即“翻倒”。引申还可指“颠覆”。
2. overturn可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

overturn, capsize, upset

• 这组词的共同含义是“打翻”。其区别是：
• overturn指“颠覆,推翻”已经确立的政权、制度等; capsize原意是“倾覆”车、船等,引申指把某物突然底朝天地翻过来或彻底扰乱某种精神状态; upset指身体、思想或感情上由于内部或外部原因而失调,尤指废止或推翻某种制度、计划等。

近反义词

【近义词】

• 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