overrule

英 [ˌəʊvəˈruːl]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈruːl]

v.  (以权力)否定，拒绝，更改决定

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

IELTSGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11392 / COCA.12198

牛津词典

verb

• （以权力）否定，拒绝，更改决定
  to change a decision or reject an idea from a position of greater power
  1. to overrule a decision/an objection
     （以权力）推翻决议 / 异议
  2. The verdict was overruled by the Supreme Court.
     最高法院驳回了那个裁决。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 否决；驳回；宣布…无效
  If someone in authorityoverrulesa person or their decision, they officially decide that the decision is incorrect or not valid.
  1. In 1991, the Court of Appeal overruled this decision...
     1991年，上诉法院驳回了这一判决。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• rule against
  1. The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
  Synonym:overturnoverrideoverthrowreverse

双语例句

• 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。
• Large companies can be dangerous when they use concentrated power to overrule citizens in the political arena and when they exercise unbridled control over individuals 'data and privacy.
  如果大公司利用其集中的权力在政治领域支配民众，或恣意控制个人数据与隐私，这样的公司对于社会是危险的。
• Pragmatists like the current prime minister, Baburam Bhattarai, managed to overrule party ideologues who do not want full integration and still openly oppose the deal.
  实用主义者，包括现任的总理巴布拉姆·巴特拉伊在内，成功否决了那些不支持全面统一且仍公开反对该决议的空想家们。
• But management didn't let its emotions overrule it business sense.
  但是管理层在考虑自己商业时并没有失去理智。
• But nothing in the constitutional structure of the government gives the Supreme Court authority to overrule the other branches on the basis of unwritten natural law.
  可是政府的宪法结构中并没有那一点可以赋予最高法院权利，令其仅凭不具文的自然法就足以翻推行政、立法部门的决定。
• Here, then, is one instance out of many, in which not only the understanding is allowed to overrule the eyes, but where the understanding is positively allowed to obliterate the eyes, as it were;
  这儿列举的只是诸多事件中的一件，此例中不仅允许思维控制双眼，而且还积极的允许它蒙蔽双眼。
• Engineering judgments must be consistent with Code philosophy and such judgments must never be used to overrule mandatory requirements or specific prohibitions of the Code.
  工程判断须与规范的哲学一致，这样的判断绝不能与本规范的强制性要求或特别的禁止事项抵触。
• In 1991, the Court of Appeal overruled this decision
  1991年，上诉法院驳回了这一判决。
• They entered upon the turf, and, impelled by a force that seemed to overrule their will, suddenly stood still, turned, and waited in paralyzed suspense beside the stone.
  他们走进草地，好像被某种控制了他们意志的力量逼着似的，突然在里程碑旁边站住了；他们转过身去，好像瘫痪了似的在里程碑旁等着。
• The firm is ostensibly run by several co-chief executives, but can they overrule Mr Ren?
  华为表面上是几名联合高管在运作，但他们能够越过任正非行事吗？