coup
coup 英 [ku:] 美 [ku]
n. 政变；妙计；出乎意料的行动；砰然的一击 vt. 使…颠倒；使…倾斜 vi. 推倒；倾斜；溢出
名词复数:coups
- A coup is a pretty major achievement, whether it involves taking over a government by force, or landing a major business contract.
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- n. 政变；妙计；出乎意料的行动；砰然的一击
- vt. 使…颠倒；使…倾斜
- vi. 推倒；倾斜；溢出
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1. The monarch was ousted by a military coup.
那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
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2. It is reported that the governmental troops have successfully squelched an armed coup.
据报道政府军成功地粉碎了一起武装政变。
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3. Lacking organization and support by the military itself, the coup collapsed after three days.
由于缺乏组织和军队本身的支持，三天后政变失败。
- coup (n.) c. 1400, "a blow" (obsolete), from Old French coup, colp "a blow, strike" (12c.), from Medieval Latin colpus, from Vulgar Latin colapus, from Latin colaphus "a cuff, box on the ear," from Greek kolaphos "a blow, buffet, punch, slap," "a lowly word without clear etymology" [Beekes].
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