Upend

upend：to turn something upside down

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例句：

1) Taobao has upended the Chinese retail market.

“upend”是“颠倒”的意思，也常用来表示“巨大的改变”，可以理解为“颠覆”一个行业的常规或现状。

例如在描写网络对我们工作和交流的影响时：

2) The Internet has upended industries, from entertainment to retailing.

网络已经颠覆了许多产业，比如娱乐业和零售业。

我们在介绍和评价某个革命性的产品时，就可以用到 upend。比如一句话评价特斯拉电车：

3) Tesla, an electric-car manufacturer, has upended the traditional auto industry.

一句话评价滴滴：

4) Didi Chuxing, a ride-hailing service in China, has upended the taxi business.

说到“改变”，我们可以想到用 change，shift，“巨大的改变”可能会想到有 change...greatly，想到“颠覆”可能会用 disrupt；相比来说 upend 更形象，改变的程度更大。希望“每日一词”板块可以颠覆大家学习词汇的方式。

译：科技已经颠覆了出版业。

Technology has upended the press publishing industry. (press主要指报业，印刷业是printing industry)

参考翻译：Technology has upended the publishing industry.

场景：晨读群颠覆了我对语音练习的认识。

The “Daybreak Drills”, an English group in Phenomenal English, upended my view of pronunciation.

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补充：

1）The security inspector upended my bag and dumped everything out.

2）She upended the chessboard halfway through the game because she was losing.

(有种掀桌子的感觉)