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overrule

英式英标[,ovɚ\'rul]
美式音标[əʊvə\'ruːl]

vt. 否决；统治；对…施加影响

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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.

中文解释

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。

实用例句

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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