Overrule
[əʊvə'ruːl] or [,ovɚ'rul]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) rule against; 'The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill'.
手打:西尔维亚--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
(v. t.) To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.
(v. t.) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.
(v. i.) To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.
錄入:基思
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Control, govern, sway, have control of.[2]. Annul, cancel, revoke, rescind, repeal, nullify, recall, reject, repudiate, supersede, set aside.
手打:所罗门
解釋/意思:
v.t. to rule over: to influence or to set aside by greater power: (law) to reject or declare to be invalid.—v.i. to prevail.—n. Overrul′er.—adv. Overrul′ingly.
埃米莉錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Without any force at all, I found myself led and influenced by another's will, unconsulted, unpersuadedquietly overruled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- On such evidence Arkwright’s claims were denied, and his patent overruled. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- She was guided, overruled by Jessy in a thousand things. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But she was overruled, and the private marriage took place. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I always thought they were very unfit to have the charge of her; but I was overruled, as I always am. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- This objection was at once overruled. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- However, Prude soon overruled my objections and sent for a hackney-coach to convey us to the theatre. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- These would express the overruling characteristics of his eventful career. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
校對:托妮