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.
他迅速站起來，導致椅子翻倒了。
C1
to officially change a legal decision because it was wrong
The appeal court decided to overturn his conviction.
上訴法院決定推翻他的定罪。
R
to prove that a belief or idea is wrong
Her research helped overturn old theories about the disease.
她的研究幫助推翻了關於這種疾病的舊理論。
translation
翻轉, 推翻
詞形變化
3rd Present
overturns
Past
overturned
Perfect
overturned
Progressive
overturning