v.翻倒；推翻；顛覆
n.傾覆；打翻
The boat overturned but didn't sank. 小船翻了，但沒有沉。
The revolutionist planned to overturn this puppet regime. 革命者計劃推翻傀儡政府。
Some high-ranking officers plotted to overturn the government. 有幾名高級軍官策劃推翻政府。
The 21st century will overturn many of our basic assumptions about economic life. 21世紀(jì)將會顛覆很多我們關(guān)于經(jīng)濟(jì)生活的基礎(chǔ)假設(shè)。
overturn的基本含義是指將某物翻過來,使其平躺在地上,即“翻倒”。引申還可指“顛覆”。
overturn可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,后接名詞或代詞作賓語。
