overturned
- adj. 倾覆的，翻倒的，倒转的
- v. overturn 的过去式和过去分词：（使）翻倒，（使）倾覆；推翻，撤销（判决等）；推翻，颠覆（政府、体系等）
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
overturn /ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn/ CET6 TEM4 ( overturning, overturned, overturns )
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V-T/V-I If something overturns or if you overturn it, it turns upside down or on its side. 打翻; 翻倒
例：The motorcycle veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall.
摩托车转向失去了控制，翻倒在地，然后猛地撞到一面墙上。
例：Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of wine.
亚历克斯跃起得太猛，以至于打翻了他的那杯葡萄酒。
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V-T If someone in authority overturns a legal decision, they officially decide that that decision is incorrect or not valid. 推翻
例：When the courts overturned his decision, he backed down.
当法院推翻了他的决定时，他让步了。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Goodwin tried to have the court ruling overturned.
古德温试图推翻法院的裁决。
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When the courts overturned his decision, he backed down.
当法院推翻了他的决定时，他让步了。
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The car skidded and overturned.
汽车打滑翻倒了。
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But the Supreme Court recently overturned that ruling.
VOA: special.2009.07.18
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Second, a sense of crisis, a radical break in culture, an overturning of conventional artistic forms that goes with a sense that civilization itself is being overturned.
第二，危机感，文化上根本性突破，与文明本身被颠覆同时进行的,颠覆传统艺术模式的运动。
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The supreme court later overturned the ruling on grounds of mistaken identity.
VOA: standard.2009.11.30
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