overturned
past simple and past participle ofoverturn
| 单词 | overturned |
| 释义 | overturned past simple and past participle ofoverturn overturn verb uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈtɜːn/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈtɝːn/overturnverb(GO UPSIDE DOWN)[IorT] to (causeto)turnover: Thecarskiddedoff theroad,hitatreeand overturned. Theintruderhad overturned some of thefurniturein thehouse.
Turning upside down
overturnverb(CHANGE)[T]formal tochangealegaldecision: TheCourtof Appeal overturned theearlierdecision. [T]UK If you overturn someone'smajorityin anelectionin the UK, youdefeatthem: TheLabourcandidateunexpectedlyoverturned thelong-standingTorymajority. Court cases, orders & decisions
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Elections Winning and defeating Examplesofoverturnedoverturned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But even justified refusals could later, under pressure, beoverturnedand acquittal conceded all the same. From theCambridge English Corpus While this attitude was challenged andoverturnedby subsequent academic re-evaluation, steps towards mainstream recognition of the poverty of initial criticism were only tentative. From theCambridge English Corpus The government alsooverturnedits earlier decision not to accredit foreign diplomats to observe the elections. From theCambridge English Corpus The folds are commonly open and symmetrical, locally tight andoverturned. From theCambridge English Corpus We have argued that it is more natural to consider the specification that the conditional variance decreases to zero and subsequentlyoverturnedhis result. From theCambridge English Corpus These hopeful visions have beenoverturnedby a lack of political will. From theCambridge English Corpus Both of the 1920s flogging convictions were lateroverturned. From theCambridge English Corpus The slightlyoverturnedantiform verges towards the southeast. From theCambridge English Corpus The decision wasoverturnedin the circuit court, however. From theCambridge English Corpus Levy shows, however, that this result isoverturnedin the multidimensional case. From theCambridge English Corpus The advances, which began in the latter half of the nineteenth century,overturnedthe age-old understanding of axiomatic treatments of a field of mathematical study. From theCambridge English Corpus Slip on this normal fault occurs within theoverturnedlimb of anoverturnedanticline. From theCambridge English Corpus On the floor, near theoverturnedtable and broken dish, lies a spoon. From theCambridge English Corpus Poles to the reversed beds of theoverturnedfolds are located in the northern area of the diagram. From theCambridge English Corpus It is clear that four burials consisted of only skulls covered by anoverturnedbowl and that one of thee skulls belonged to a juvenile. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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