"he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
"the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
"The big vase overturned"
"The canoe tumped over"
"The cat knocked over the flower vase"
"the clumsy customer turned over the vase"
"he tumped over his beer"
"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
"The Czar was overthrown"
"subvert the ruling class"
"He revoked the ban on smoking"
"lift an embargo"
"vacate a death sentence"
"E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"
1.（使）翻转；（使）倾覆；（使）倒下
If somethingoverturns or if youoverturn it, it turns upside down or on its side.
e.g. The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall...
卡车突然失控，翻倒撞上了一堵墙。
e.g. Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of sherry...
亚历克斯一下子暴跳起来，结果把他那杯雪利酒都打翻了。
2.推翻，撤销（判决）
If someone in authorityoverturns a legal decision, they officially decide that that decision is incorrect or not valid.
e.g. When the Russian parliament overturned his decision, he backed down...
俄罗斯议会推翻了他的决定，他只好作罢。
e.g. His nine-month sentence was overturned by Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Watkins.
上诉法院法官沃特金斯撤销了对他作出的9个月徒刑的判决。
3.颠覆，破坏（政府或体系）
Tooverturn a government or system means to remove it or destroy it.
e.g. He accused his opponents of wanting tooverturn the government.
他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。
e.g. ...a society where all the old values had been overturned.
摒弃了所有旧价值观的社会
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1. 倒转：砂岩中的沉积构造如层理、平行纹理、波痕、粒级层、火焰状构造、底痕等皆保存完好,并可藉此判断此砂岩块有地层倒转(overturn)的现象. 台湾台东富冈小野柳风景区 包夹在利吉混同层中的巨大外来砂岩块.
2. 倾覆(挡土墙倒转：overtopping 越堤;漫顶;满溢 |overturn 倾覆(挡土墙倒转 |overturning moment 倾覆力矩;倾覆弯矩
小船翻了，但没有沉。
The revolutionist planned to overturn this puppet regime.革命者计划推翻傀儡政府。
Some high-ranking officers plotted to overturn the government.有几名高级军官策划推翻政府。
The 21st century will overturn many of our basic assumptions about economic life.21世纪将会颠覆很多我们关于经济生活的基础假设。
This is one of the important reasons for overturn of ro-ro ships.这是许多滚装船发生倾覆的重要原因之一。
The car skidded and overturned.汽车打滑翻倒了。
He stood up quickly, overturning his chair.他猛然站起来，弄翻了椅子。
to overturn a decision'/conviction'/verdict撤销决定 / 定罪 / 裁决
His sentence was overturned by the appeal court.上诉法庭撤销了对他的判决。
The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall...卡车突然失控，翻倒撞上了一堵墙。
Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of sherry...亚历克斯一下子暴跳起来，结果把他那杯雪利酒都打翻了。
When the Russian parliament overturned his decision, he backed down...俄罗斯议会推翻了他的决定，他只好作罢。
His nine-month sentence was overturned by Appeal Court judge Lord Justice Watkins.上诉法院法官沃特金斯撤销了对他作出的9个月徒刑的判决。
He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.他指责反对派企图颠覆政府。
...a society where all the old values had been overturned.摒弃了所有旧价值观的社会
We have been pressed by the Three Mountains for years and we overturn it at last.我们过去被三座大山压迫了几十年,今天终于把它推倒了.
THERE never was such an overturn in this world.这世界上还从来没有过如此希望落空的事.
We saw the canoe overturn, throwing its passengers into the water.我们看到独木舟倾覆了, 把上面的乘客掀入水中.
Their cunning plot is to overturn our government . It is of the thinnest.他们的阴谋是想翻天. 这是显而易见的.
Since then, economists have vied with each other to overturn this orthodoxy.自此之后, 经济学家就开始争相颠覆这个传统理论.
It will submerge nearby towns and overturn the mountains in its course.它会在途中淹没了城镇,倾覆了山脉.
Septimus wants to overturn the old society, and build up a new world.于是,他要推翻旧社会, 建立充满爱,充满美的新世界.
Medicare has said that it cannot overturn its decision without new evidence.医疗保险方面指出如果没有新的证据,将不会推翻自己的决定.
Parliamentary sovereignty contrasts with notions of judicial review, where a court may overturn legislation deemed unconstitutional.议会主权与司法审查的观念背返, 因为法院可以认立法为违宪而将其撤销.
This boat is easy to overturn because its shape is unreasonable.这只船容易颠覆,因为它造型不合理.
To overturn Judge Walker's ruling, a court would have to find a flaw in his logic.想要推翻沃克法官的裁定, 上诉法庭就一定要从他的逻辑链条中找到一个缺口.
Yet even the political overturn was not so revolutionary as one might suppose.即使政治上的颠覆也不如人们可能想象的那样具有革命性.
The defendant who hopes to overturn a guilty verdict must usually appeal.希望推翻陪审团有罪裁决的被告人通常必须上诉.
I will overturn the pies as required.我将按照要求把馅饼翻个个儿.
An attempt to overturn the government was made.人们试图推翻这个政府.
They planned to overturn the government.他们计划推翻政府.
I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms.22我必倾覆列国的宝座,除灭列邦的势力,并倾覆战车,和坐在其上的.
Our sole aim must be to overturn the social iceberg, stand it on its head.
出自：M. LeitchI ransacked the closet.., overturning boxes.
出自：P. Auster
