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overturn sth (physical)
The strong wind overturned the boat.
强风掀翻了小船。
打翻；翻倒；倾覆
overturning — present participle of overturn
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打翻；翻倒；倾覆
To turn over, capsize, or upset.
The strong wind overturned the boat.
强风掀翻了小船。
翻转,倾覆或打翻
To turn over, capsize or upset.
推翻或摧毁。
To overthrow or destroy.
推翻(决定)；否决或撤销
To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
通过获胜来减弱之前失败的重要性；东山再起。
To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
overturn
Base
原形
overturns
3rd person
第三人称单数
overturning
-ing
现在分词
overturned
Past
过去式
overturned
Past participle
过去分词
The court overturns the previous decision.
法院推翻了先前的决定。
The storm overturned several boats yesterday.
昨天暴风雨掀翻了几条船。
The government has overturned the policy.
政府已经推翻了这项政策。
规则动词
The strong wind overturned the trash can in the yard.
强风把院子里的垃圾桶吹翻了。
The Supreme Court overturned the lower court's decision.
最高法院推翻了下级法院的判决。
A series of protests could overturn the authoritarian regime.
一系列抗议活动可能推翻这个独裁政权。
The strong wind overturned the boat.
强风掀翻了小船。
The car overturned on the slippery road.
汽车在湿滑的路上翻倒了。
常用于法律或政治语境。
The court overturned the previous ruling.
法院推翻了之前的裁决。
Not this
The overturn of the car was sudden.
Use this
The car overturned suddenly.
Overturn 是动词，表示‘翻倒’，不能直接用作名词。汉语‘倾覆’可作名词，但英语中应用动词形式。
Not this
The judge turned over the verdict.
Use this
The judge overturned the verdict.
Turn over 表示‘翻转’或‘移交’，而 overturn 意为‘推翻（决定）’。应使用动词 overturn 表达撤销判决。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
推翻决定
The court may overturn the committee's decision.
法院可能会推翻委员会的决定。
撤销定罪
The new evidence could overturn his conviction.
新证据可能撤销对他的定罪。
解除禁令
The city council voted to overturn the ban on street vendors.
市议会投票解除了对街头摊贩的禁令。
推翻政府
The rebels attempted to overturn the government.
叛乱分子企图推翻政府。
掀翻桌子
In a fit of anger, he overturned the table.
一怒之下，他掀翻了桌子。
打翻杯子
Be careful not to overturn your glass.
小心别打翻你的杯子。
打乱计划；破坏安排
The sudden rise in prices overturned the applecart for many small businesses.
价格突然上涨打乱了许多小企业的计划。
颠覆现状；打破现有格局
The new policy could overturn the status quo in higher education.
这项新政策可能会颠覆高等教育的现状。
耶稣进了圣殿，赶出殿里一切做买卖的人，推倒了兑换银钱之人的桌子和卖鸽子之人的凳子。
The court overturned the previous verdict, freeing the wrongly convicted man.
法院推翻了之前的判决，释放了被误判的人。
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记忆联想：杯子在桌上，over（在上）被turn（转）倒扣，水洒出，即打翻；引申为推翻、撤销。
语域：mixed 常见场景：legal rulings and decisions、vehicle or boat accidents、sports commentary overturn 的语域随搭配和语境变化：在法律/正式文件中通常表示‘推翻、撤销（判决或决定）’，比较正式；在车辆、船只翻覆等书面叙述中为中性；体育报道中表示‘逆转（比分/劣势）’时也常见。日常口语里若指‘打翻’物体，更常说 knock over 或 tip over。
这些词与 overturn 的重读音节 /tɜːrn/ 押韵：turn、return、burn、churn 都用 -urn 拼写；learn、earn 读音相同但拼作 -earn。注意 overture /ˈoʊvərtʃər/、overt /oʊˈvɜːrt/、overtone /ˈoʊvərtoʊn/ 也从 over- 开头，拼写相近，但读音不同，不押韵。
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