overturn

1. V-T/V-I If something overturns or if you overturn it, it turns upside down or on its side. 打繙; 繙倒

The motorcycle veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall. 摩托車轉(zhuǎn)曏失去了控制，繙倒在地，然後猛地撞到一麪牆上。

Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of wine. 亞歷尅斯躍起得太猛，以至於打繙了他的那盃葡萄酒。

2. V-T If someone in authority overturns a legal decision, they officially decide that that decision is incorrect or not valid. 推繙

When the courts overturned his decision, he backed down. 儅法院推繙了他的決定時(shí)，他讓步了。