| 单词 | override |
| 释义 | override (once / 2858 pages) 1v 2vn 3nv You can override or reject a decision if you're more powerful than the person who originally made the decision. And Congress has the power to override or nullify the Presidential veto if they have a two-thirds vote. The word override can be used in a number of contexts. You can override or ride on top of the grass. You can override a horse, or ride it too hard. An army can override or dominate the enemy in a war. And a judge can override or set aside a decision in court. Regardless of which meaning you're using, remember that the thing doing the overriding always has the upper hand. WORD FAMILYoverride: overridden, overrides, overriding, overrode+/overriding: overridingly/ride: override, ridden, rider, rides, riding, rode/rider: riders/riding: ridings USAGE EXAMPLESThey would create a statewide framework to regulate Uber and other transportation network companies, overriding agreements struck with local governments. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) Smith’s attorney said Alabama is the only state that allows judicial override. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) “Once Congress overwhelmingly overrides a president’s veto, to me the opponents have a pretty steep hill to climb,” Cornyn said. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 v ride (a horse) too hard 2Hyper ride, sit sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions 1v prevail over health considerations override financial concerns Hyper dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance 2v rule against Syn|Hyper overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse decree, rule decide with authority 3n the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper nullification cancellation the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement vitiationnullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null counteraction, neutralisation, neutralizationaction intended to nullify the effects of some previous action neutralisation, neutralizationaction intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war abrogation, annulment, repealthe act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation write-offthe act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset attainder, civil deathcancellation of civil rights recission, rescission(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics 1n a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device Hyper device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 2v counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) Hyper counteract, counterbalance, countervail, neutralize oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions |
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