v.翻倒；推翻；颠覆
n.倾覆；打翻
The boat overturned but didn't sank. 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。
overturn的基本含义是指将某物翻过来,使其平躺在地上,即“翻倒”。引申还可指“颠覆”。
overturn可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。
