overrule
英 [əʊvə'ruːl]
美 [,ovɚ'rul]
TEM4 GRE
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。
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。
- 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.
- 1. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 2. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 3. 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.
来自互联网
- 4. His or her desire to succeed will overrule everything else.
- 他或她的成功的欲望将支配一切.
来自互联网
- 5. 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.
来自互联网
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