学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3496 upend

 今天我们要学的词是upend.

 

upend 的意思是上下颠倒，掀翻。Opposition¹ politicians in Africa face tough challenges as they struggle to upend decades of rule by the parties that originally brought liberation from colonialism. 非洲的反对派政治人士面临着艰巨的挑战，他们在努力推倒最初将非洲从殖民统治中解放出来的政党数十年的统治。 

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。