overthrow
overthrow 英 [ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊ] 美 [ˌoʊvərˈθroʊ]
n. 推翻；打倒 vt. 推翻；打倒
进行时:overthrowing 过去式:overthrew 过去分词:overthrown 第三人称单数:overthrows 名词复数:overthrows
- When you overthrow a ruler or a regime, you throw them out, usually by force. If you're a rebel you may plan to overthrow the current government and install a new regime.
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- n. 推翻；打倒
- vt. 推翻；打倒
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1. to overthrow the government.
推翻政府。
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2. The president was overthrown in a military coup.
总统在军事政变中被赶下台。
- overthrow (n.) 1510s, "act of overthrowing," from over- + throw (n.).
- overthrow (v.) early 14c., "to knock down," from over- + throw (v.). Figurative sense of "to cast down from power, defeat" is attested from late 14c. Related: Overthrown; overthrowing. Earlier in same senses was overwerpen "to overturn (something), overthrow; destroy," from Old English oferweorpan (see warp (v.)).
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