overturn
🇺🇸
/ˌəʊvərˈtɜːrn/
🇬🇧
/ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn/
verb
C1
to turn something over so the top is where the bottom was
He stood up quickly, causing the chair to overturn.
彼は素早く立ち上がり、椅子をひっくり返してしまった。
C1
to officially change a legal decision because it was wrong
The appeal court decided to overturn his conviction.
控訴裁判所は彼の有罪判決を覆すことを決定した。
R
to prove that a belief or idea is wrong
Her research helped overturn old theories about the disease.
彼女の研究は、その病気に関する古い理論を覆すのに役立った。
translation
ひっくり返す, 覆す
語形変化
3rd Present
overturns
Past
overturned
Perfect
overturned
Progressive
overturning