记忆方法
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。
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。
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。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 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.