overrule

英 [əʊvə'ruːl] 美[,ovɚ'rul]
  • vt. 否决;统治;对…施加影响

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词态变化


第三人称单数: overrules;过去式: overruled;过去分词: overruled;现在分词: overruling;

助记提示


1. over- "above" + rule.
2. 引申义:“压制,(在压力下)使变更”=> “否决,驳回,批驳;宣布…无效;拒绝”。
3. 压制意见啊、议案啊什么的,就引申为:否决、拒绝。

中文词源


overrule 否决,推翻

over-,在上,超过,rule,统治,管理。即上层管理者,后用于指否决,推翻。

英英释意


1. rule against;
"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

英文词源


overrule (v.)
"rule against; set aside, as by a higher authority," 1590s, from over- + rule (v.). It was used earlier in a sense "to govern, control" (1570s). Related: Overruled; overruling.

考试真题


Religious associations began, for example, in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences; family life in the desire to gratify appetites and secure family perpetuity; systematic labor, for the most part, because of enslavement to others, etc.

出自-2009年考研翻译原文

实用场景例句


to overrule a decision/an objection
(以权力)推翻决议 / 异议

牛津词典

The verdict was overruled by the Supreme Court.
最高法院驳回了那个裁决。

牛津词典

In 1991, the Court of Appeal overruled this decision...
1991年,上诉法院驳回了这一判决。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I told them it was a lousy idea, but I was overruled.
我告诉他们这个主意糟糕透顶,但是他们却拒不听从。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I'll overrule Tynan's recommendation and see she's admitted.
我将驳回泰纳恩的建议,保证埃米入境.

辞典例句

The likely result? The Ministry of Culture will probably pull rank and overrule GAPP.
结果可能会怎样 呢 ?文化部可能会胜出,否决新闻出版总署的决定.

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But management didn't let its overrule it business sense.
但是管理层在考虑自己商业时并没有失去理智.

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His or her desire to succeed will overrule everything else.
他或她的成功的欲望将支配一切.

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Custom and agreement overrule law.
习惯与合意可以使法律无效.

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He had, for the absolute briefest time , let wishful thinking about results overrule his scientific caution.
有那么一瞬间, 他对实验结果的一厢情景压倒了科学的谨慎.

辞典例句

Pilar vilifies him as a coward and finally manages to overrule him.
皮拉尔骂他是懦夫,并且最终没法压服了他.

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The real princess, even royal status reinstated, fails to overrule the decision.
真公主出现, 虽恢复身份, 却已来不及夺回爱郎.

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Words plainly overrule the understanding.
言语显然能左右理解.

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Finally, a judge may always simply overrule the clearly applicable precedent.
最后, 法官通常会简单地否决明确适用的前例.

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The modernity paradox deeply germs from the overrule of capital to labour.
马克思的实践批判是解决现代性的根本矛盾的一种切实可行的方案.

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This Zhou Yi, american government expresses to won't overrule this ban that international trade committee announces.
本周一, 美国政府暗示不会否决国际商业委员会公布的这项禁令.

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He tried to overrule protests by the presidential plane's pilot a war zone was unsafe.
他试图不顾总统专机驾驶员关于飞入交战地带是不安全的抗议.

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