overturned

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overturned — 動詞

  • overturnedpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • overturneds3rd person singular
  • overturneding-ing form
  • overturnededpast simple

1. to flip something so that its top side ends up underneath, or for something to f

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

翻倒；翻覆

使物體頂部變底部，或自身翻過來

to flip something so that its top side ends up underneath, or for something to flip in this way by itself; usually said of vehicles, boats, or pieces of furniture.

例句

A truck overturned on the highway near Imran's office during the storm.

暴風雨期間，一輛卡車在 Imran 辦公室附近的公路上翻覆。

intransitive: [vehicle] + overturn

Élise accidentally overturned a bowl of soup while reaching for the salt.

Élise 伸手拿鹽時，不小心打翻了一碗湯。

transitive: overturn + [container of liquid]

同義詞
  • tip over

    more informal; emphasises the moment of losing balance

  • capsize

    specific to boats; not used for cars or land vehicles

  • topple

    tall standing object (statue, lamp) falls over, not always flipped upside-down

反義詞
  • right

    to put something back the correct way up after it has overturned

  • upright

文法句型

overturn + [object]

[subject] + overturn

用法筆記

Subject of the intransitive use is almost always a vehicle, vessel, or piece of furniture — not a person.

常見錯誤

❌Cyrus overturned on his bicycle.
✅Cyrus fell off his bicycle.
💡people do not 'overturn'; only vehicles or objects do.

2. for a higher court or governing body to cancel an earlier court decision, verdic

2.動詞及物C1
釋義

推翻；撤銷

上級法院或機構取消先前的判決或法律

for a higher court or governing body to cancel an earlier court decision, verdict, or law, declaring that it should no longer apply.

例句

The supreme court overturned the lower court's decision after reviewing new DNA evidence.

最高法院在審查新的 DNA 證據後，推翻了下級法院的判決。

typical subject: higher court

Dahlia spent twelve years in prison before an appeals judge overturned her conviction.

Dahlia 在獄中服刑十二年後，上訴法官終於撤銷了她的有罪判決。

overturn + a conviction

同義詞
  • reverse

    interchangeable in legal contexts; slightly broader use outside law

  • quash

    more formal British legal usage; emphasises wiping the conviction off the record

  • strike down

    specific to courts cancelling a law as unconstitutional

反義詞
  • uphold

    for a court to confirm and keep the earlier decision in place

  • affirm

    formal legal opposite — to support the earlier ruling on appeal

文法句型

overturn + [decision/verdict/conviction/law]

用法筆記

Subject is usually an institution — a court, judge, panel, or legislature — never an individual citizen.

常見錯誤

❌I overturned my parking ticket.
✅I appealed my parking ticket and got it cancelled.
💡only courts or panels overturn rulings; individuals appeal or challenge them.

3. in a UK election, to take away a sitting politician's winning lead and beat them

3.動詞及物C2
釋義

選舉翻盤

英國選舉中以大幅選票差距擊敗現任候選人

in a UK election, to take away a sitting politician's winning lead and beat them, often by a surprisingly large swing of votes.

例句

The new Labour candidate overturned a Conservative majority of nearly four thousand votes.

工黨的新候選人推翻了保守黨將近四千票的多數優勢。

overturn + a [party's] majority

Valentina overturned the sitting MP's lead in a constituency nobody expected her party to win.

Valentina 在沒人預期她的政黨會勝出的選區，翻盤擊敗了現任議員。

subject: challenger candidate

同義詞
  • unseat

    remove a sitting politician from office through election

  • topple

    more dramatic; suggests bringing down a long-established figure

反義詞
  • hold

    for a candidate or party to keep the seat they already had

文法句型

overturn + [candidate's] + majority

用法筆記

Distinct from sense 2 (legal): here the object is always a 'majority', 'lead', 'seat', or 'deficit' in an electoral contest, not a court ruling.

常見錯誤

❌Hao overturned the president in the election.
✅Hao overturned the president's majority in the election.
💡the object is the lead or margin, not the person.

overturned — 名詞