upend是一个动词,意思是倾倒、翻倒、颠倒。
常用场景:upend常用于形容物体被翻倒、倾倒的情况,也可用于形容人情绪或行为的变化。
词组搭配:
- upend something:翻倒某物
- upend oneself:改变态度或观点
- upend the status quo:改变现状
相关短语:
- upended position:倒置的位置
- upend the applecart:破坏原本稳定的局面
发音拼写:[ʌpˈɛnd]
词性:动词
音标:/ʌpˈɛnd/
中文翻译:颠倒;倾覆;翻倒
例句:
1. The wind upended the sailboat and threw the two sailors into the water.(风将帆船翻倒,两名水手被抛入水中。)
2. The earthquake upended buildings and roads, causing widespread damage.(地震使建筑和道路倒塌,造成广泛的破坏。)
3. The sudden departure of their star player upended the team's chances of winning the championship.(明星球员的突然离开颠覆了球队赢得冠军的机会。)
upend的意思是"铲倒、使颠倒",还有翻转的意思,发音是[ʌp'end],upend是一个英语动词,在《新英汉词典(第3版)》中,共找到80个与upend相关的例句。
Upend的翻译
1.铲倒
例句:Imagine if all of the followers of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders had decided not to upend the political status quo and blow apart the frame of the previously possible in American politics. (想象一下如果特朗普和桑德斯的 所有拥护者 决定不去碰触政治现状, 而是保持原先的美国政治结构 会怎样。)
2.使颠倒
例句:The knowledge you are destined to learn will upend the established order of things. (你注定会学会那些 颠覆事物既定秩序的知识)
3.翻转
例句:Even the world's second-largest exporter might have to twist a few arms to upend the dollar's dominance in global trade. (便是世界第二大出口国可能也必须花点儿力气才能颠覆美元在全球贸易中的霸主地位。)
4.水中的鸭或其他鸟捕食时头部与前腹部潜入水中、翻转
例句:For Ray, the truth is revelatory , a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD. (翻译:对雷来说,真理是具有启示性的,这个潘朵拉盒子的威胁不但能够颠覆蒂尔尼的遗产,而且能够颠覆整个纽约警察局。)
用法及短语
upend一般作为动词使用,如在upend forging(冲挤锻造)等常见短语中出现较多。
upend forging | 冲挤锻造 |
例句
1. Even the world's second-largest exporter might have to twist a few arms to upend the dollar's dominance in global trade. (翻译:便是世界第二大出口国可能也必须花点儿力气才能颠覆美元在全球贸易中的霸主地位。)
2. For Ray, the truth is revelatory , a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD. (翻译:对雷来说,真理是具有启示性的,这个潘朵拉盒子的威胁不但能够颠覆蒂尔尼的遗产,而且能够颠覆整个纽约警察局。)
3. Wexner, 73, is an unlikely candidate to upend the American underwear industry. (翻译:今年xx岁的瓦克斯纳看起来不像是个颠覆美国内衣业的人。)
4. The immediate criticism is that the newcomers upend the stability of social welfare and employment in their countries. (翻译:直接的批评是, 新来的人影响了, 本国的社会福利和就业稳定性。)
5. How often does a detective story upend history? (翻译:经常让一本侦探小说来颠覆一下历史怎么样? )
近义词&反义词
upend作为动词的时候,其近义词以及反义词有p、upended/d、upended/i、upending/3、upends等。
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