
overturn基本信息
读法:英 [əʊvə"tɜːn] 美 ["ovətɝn]
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英英释义
Noun:
"The canoe tumped over"
"the clumsy customer turned over the vase"
"he tumped over his beer"
"subvert the ruling class"
"lift an embargo"
"vacate a death sentence"
中英词源
overturn 推翻,倾覆
over-,超过,过度,turn,转。比喻用法。
- 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.
词态变化
第三人称单数 overturns;
过去式 overturned;
过去分词 overturned;
现在分词 overturning;
权威造句
- 1. He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.
- 他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Horrified commuters saw the lorry veer across the motorway and overturn.
- 惊恐万分的通勤者们看见那辆卡车突然冲向高速公路另一侧,接着翻倒在地。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. We saw the canoe overturn, throwing its passengers into the water.
- 我们看到独木舟倾覆了, 把上面的乘客掀入水中.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. THERE never was such an overturn in this world.
- 这世界上还从来没有过如此希望落空的事.
来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
- 5. Some high - ranking officers plotted to overturn the government.
- 有几名高级军官策划推翻政府.
来自辞典例句
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单词分析
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记忆方法
1、over "above" + turn.
2、含义:turn from above, turn down from above, roll down from above.
3、roll over, turn over (滚下,翻倒) from power.
4、另一层含义:turn across. => 翻转,翻身,周转,流通。
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