Overturn：否決

12月16日，哥倫比亞政府拘留的三名愛爾蘭共和軍嫌疑人分別被判處17年零6個(gè)月的有期徒刑。據(jù)悉，在2001年8月被捕之前，他們曾向哥倫比亞左翼叛軍（“哥倫比亞革命武裝"游擊隊(duì)）銷售火箭等武器，并訓(xùn)練叛軍部隊(duì)研制炸藥。外電報(bào)道如下：A Colombian court has sentenced three IRA-linked men to up to 17 1/2 years in prison for training leftist rebels in terrorist tactics in a guerrilla stronghold in southern Colombia, a spokeswoman for the trio said Thursday.

Caitriona Ruane, who heads the "Bring Them Home" campaign that sought the Irishmen's release, said the court overturned an earlier decision clearing James Monaghan, Niall Connolly and Martin McCauley of terrorism-related charges.

Overturn表示“傾覆，毀滅，推翻，翻轉(zhuǎn)”，此處特指“通過法律手段否決、使無效”，例如：the continuing legal battles to overturn the conviction（為使定罪無效而進(jìn)行的持續(xù)合法的斗爭）。