overrule

英 [əʊvə'ruːl] 美[,ovɚ'rul]

TEM4GRE低频词畅通词汇

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

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.

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.