overturn
英 [əʊvə'tɜːn]
美 ['ovətɝn]
- vt. 推翻；傾覆；破壞
- vi. 推翻；傾覆
- n. 傾覆；周轉；破滅
助記提示
1、over "above" + turn.
2、含義：turn from above, turn down from above, roll down from above.
3、roll over, turn over (滾下，翻倒) from power.
4、另一層含義：turn across. => 翻轉，翻身，周轉，流通。
中文詞源
overturn 推翻，傾覆over-,超過，過度，turn,轉。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- overturn (v.)
- early 13c., of a wheel, "to rotate, roll over," from over- + turn (v.). Attested from c. 1300 in general transitive sense "to throw over violently;" figurative meaning "to ruin, destroy" is from late 14c. Of judicial decisions, "to reverse," it is attested from 1826. Related: Overturned; overturning.
雙語例句
- 1. He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.
- 他指責反對派企圖顛覆政府。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Horrified commuters saw the lorry veer across the motorway and overturn.
- 驚恐萬分的通勤者們看見那輛卡車突然衝向高速公路另一側，接著翻倒在地。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We saw the canoe overturn, throwing its passengers into the water.
- 我們看到獨木舟傾覆了, 把上麵的乘客掀入水中.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. THERE never was such an overturn in this world.
- 這世界上還從來沒有過如此希望落空的事.
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島
- 5. Some high - ranking officers plotted to overturn the government.
- 有幾名高級軍官策劃推翻政府.
來自辭典例句