Override



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 不理会; 推翻
• ［英］ v. 不理会 ( to disregard, overrule) ; 推翻 ( prevail over)
• ［记］ over ( 在...上) +ride ( 骑) -> 骑在...之上 -> 藐视
• ［例］ override the earlier decision ( 推翻以前的决定) / override advice ( 不听忠告)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (overrode; overridden; overriding)

• Date: before 12th century
• 1. to ride over or across ; trample
• 2. to ride (as a horse) too much or too hard
• 3.
  • a. to prevail over ; dominate
  • b. to set aside ; annul <override a veto>
  • c. to neutralize the action of (as an automatic control)
• 4. to extend or pass over; especially overlap

II. noun

• Date: 1931
• 1. a commission paid to managerial personnel on sales made by subordinates
• 2. royalty 5a
• 3. a device or system used to override a control
• 4. an act or an instance of overriding

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