overrule

英 [??v?'ru?l] 美[,ov?'rul]

TEM4GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

第三人稱單數:?overrules;過去式:?overruled;過去分詞:?overruled;現在分詞:?overruling;

1. over- "above" + rule.
2. 引申義：“壓制，(在壓力下)使變更”=> “否決，駁回，批駁；宣布…無效；拒絕”。
3. 壓制意見啊、議案啊什么的，就引申為：否決、拒絕。

overrule 否決，推翻

over-,在上，超過，rule,統治，管理。即上層管理者，后用于指否決，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.: 我將駁回泰納恩的建議,保證埃米入境.

2. He had, for the absolute briefest time , let wishful thinking about results overrule his scientific caution.: 有那么一瞬間, 他對實驗結果的一廂情景壓倒了科學的謹慎.

3. But management didn't let its overrule it business sense.: 但是管理層在考慮自己商業時并沒有失去理智.

4. His or her desire to succeed will overrule everything else.: 他或她的成功的欲望將支配一切.

5. Pilar vilifies him as a coward and finally manages to overrule him.: 皮拉爾罵他是懦夫,并且最終沒法壓服了他.