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overturn

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/ 动词 B2

中文: 推翻、倾覆、撤销

  1. To turn over, capsize or upset.
  2. To overthrow or destroy. (transitive)
  3. To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind. (transitive)
  4. To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from. (transitive)
  5. To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths. (intransitive)

He/she/it overturns · 过去式 overturned · 过去分词 overturned · -ing形式 overturning

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动词形式

原形
overturn
He/she/it
overturns
过去式
overturned
过去分词
overturned
-ing形式
overturning

来自图书馆

A NUMBER of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper’s room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily.
《Three Hundred Aesop's Fables》,第7页 · B2
As to the Admiralty—it is buzzing like an overturned bee-hive.
《Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans》,第7页 · B2
Nevertheless, it is necessary that my will should be respected in my family, and that the folly of an old man and the caprice of a child should not be allowed to overturn a project which I have entertained for so many years.
《The Count of Monte Cristo》,第631页 · C1
The repast was magnificent; Monte Cristo had endeavored completely to overturn the Parisian ideas, and to feed the curiosity as much as the appetite of his guests.
《The Count of Monte Cristo》,第665页 · C1

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