单词
overturn
读音
ˌoʊvərˈtɜːrn
美式
英式
词根
"Overturn" 是由 over（在……之上） 和 turn（转动）两个词合成的。这两个词在很多单词中都有出现。
释义
vt. 推翻；倾覆；破坏 vi. 推翻；倾覆 n. 倾覆；周转；破灭 [ 第三人称单数 overturns 现在分词 overturning 过去式 overturned 过去分词 overturned ]
例句
Recent evidence of subtle interactions between earthquakes may overturn this assumption, however.
然而，最近有关地震之间微妙的相互作用的证据可能会推翻这一假设。
They overturn rocks to find them and consuming as many as 40,000 apiece in a single day.
为了找到这些他们，它们会翻倒岩石，一天就能消耗4万多块。
The state already has a "trigger law" on the books, which would ban most abortions, if the Supreme Court overturn Roe v Wade.
该州已将“触发法律”写入法律，如果最高法院对罗诉韦德案进行翻案，这条法律会禁止大多数的堕胎行为。
Recent evidence of subtle interactions between earthquakes may overturn this assumption, however.
然而，最近有关地震之间微妙的相互作用的证据可能会推翻这一假设。
They overturn rocks to find them and consuming as many as 40,000 apiece in a single day.
为了找到这些他们，它们会翻倒岩石，一天就能消耗4万多块。
The state already has a "trigger law" on the books, which would ban most abortions, if the Supreme Court overturn Roe v Wade.
该州已将“触发法律”写入法律，如果最高法院对罗诉韦德案进行翻案，这条法律会禁止大多数的堕胎行为。
强化记忆
想象一个场景：一个大波涛（over）翻转（turn）了一艘船，这样你就能记住这个词的意思和拼写了。"Overturn" 这个词源于古英语的 "oferturnian"，具有翻转或者推翻的意思。这个词通常在法律或者正义的场合使用。
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and he was one of those really fighting in parliamentto overturn that lawbecause he called it barbaric.
don't fight the patent, fight the infringement.Patents are very difficult to overturn.Infringement is a lot easier to disprove.
Could we change things?Could we really overturn centuries of prejudiceand decades of bad practice?
were what I now know as open secretsliving beneath those proverbial stones I'd had the audacity to overturn.To my shock, I learned that this was happening
So the bottom line:courts just weren't going to be willing to overturn these patents.Now, neither Chris nor I were the type to shy away from a challenge,
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