overrule /.svvs'rrul; zow'rul/ vt [VP6A] decide against (esp by using one's higher authority): 反對; 拒絕; (尤指利用較高職權(quán))否決; 駁回： ~ a claim or objection. 不準(zhǔn)某項要求或異議。 The judge ~d the previous decision. 法官宣布撤銷原判。 We were ~d by the majority. 我們被多數(shù)所否決。