Upend

    击败

    周三晚NBA常规赛，俄克拉荷马雷霆客场挑战奥兰多魔术，尽管一度落后了21分，但是凭借着威少末节19分，雷霆将比分拖入加时，并最终114-106击败魔术。请看本报周五的报道：

    With as prolific a scorer as Russell Westbrook is, the Oklahoma City Thunder never feel as though any deficit is too much to overcome.

    Oklahoma City stormed back from a double-digit deficit behind another explosive performance by Westbrook to upend Orlando 114-106 in overtime Wednesday night. Westbrook scored 36 of his 57 points after halftime and had 10 rebounds and 11 assists for his 38th triple-double of the season to help the Thunder clinch a playoff spot in the Western Conference.

    报道中的upend就是“击败、颠覆”。例如：

    Economists began to doubt the possibility of a financial crisis so severe it would upend the economy.

    经济学家开始怀疑爆发撼动经济的严重金融危机的可能性。