overrule

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·ver·rule /ˌəʊvəˈruːl $ ˌoʊ-/ verb [transitive] TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingto change an order or decision that you think is wrong, using your official power 〔用职权〕推翻，否决〔认为是错误的命令或决定〕 The House of Lords overruled the decision of the Court of Appeal. 上议院推翻了上诉法院的判决。 They have the power to overrule the local council. 他们有权否决地方议会的决定。→ See Verb table

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overrule• A general commanding American troops on the battlefield found himself overruled by politicians back in Washington.• It took three constitutional amendments after the Civil War to overrule his decision.• After seeing new evidence the judge overruled the court's original decision.• The Court of Appeal overruled the decision on the facts, but not this interpretation of the general law.• The Supreme Court overruled the lower court's decision.• But he may not have the power to overrule the precedents; in any case, reasons of strategy argue against this.• Even so, the conventions of the group inevitably overrule the preferences of individual members.