overturning
present participle ofoverturn
| 单词 | overturning |
| 释义 | overturning present 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 Examplesofoverturningoverturning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The success of the project is in inverse proportion to its ambition - and these essays attempt a complete theologicaloverturningof secular modernity. From theCambridge English Corpus We hope, byoverturningthe conventional approach to rendering, to find a way of handling ruins. From theCambridge English Corpus Cladistics has revolutionized systematics,overturningsome traditional taxonomic categories and firmly establishing others. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet judges had few qualms aboutoverturninglong-standing rating practices if those practices violated the judges' sense of justice. From theCambridge English Corpus Overturningis depicted by the presence of small spirals in the structures. From theCambridge English Corpus The rising column acts as such a disturbance, is augmented as it rises, and thus localizes one of the points ofoverturning. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the scales always remain separated and there is thus always a range of scales between the molecular andoverturningscales which is actively turbulent. From theCambridge English Corpus However, progress inoverturningthe previous arrangements has been relatively modest to date. From theCambridge English Corpus Lengthscale evolution is measured, and theoverturningand buoyancy lengthscales (associated with potential and kinetic energy, respectively) are found to characterize flow development. From theCambridge English Corpus Overturningverdicts and remanding cases, however, did little to specify the precise contours of the new doctrines. From theCambridge English Corpus This would require a wholesaleoverturningof staunch, old ways weighted down by institutional crust and the countless variations born of several centuries of practice. From theCambridge English Corpus Overturningmay drive suspension and redistribution of solid acetylene on the lake bottom. From theCambridge English Corpus A depression forms in front of the vortices and eventually leads tooverturningand entrainment of the top fluid. From theCambridge English Corpus In other words, to avoidoverturningin real conditions, the human/humanoid must 'maintain balance', both dynamic and static. From theCambridge English Corpus However, in a rectangular geometry, the presence of lateral endwalls could stabilize theoverturningstate against travelling waves, causing this hysteresis. 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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