英语词汇“coup d'etat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you hear about a foreign government's violent overthrow on the news, you can describe it as a coup d'etat.

The noun coup d'etat is useful for talking about revolutionary uprisings or military takeovers that result in a country's government changing hands very suddenly. The term is often shortened to just coup, and it has been used in English since the late 1700s. Coup d'etat means "stroke of the state," or "strike against the state," and since it's French, it's pronounced "coo day tah."

WORD FAMILY

coup d'etat: coups d'etat

USAGE EXAMPLES

In a special session, congressmen said he had broken constitutional law and carried out a coup d'etat.

BBC(Oct 23, 2016)

Protesters carried signs claiming the deals would impoverish locals, chanting "They are not treaties, they are coups d'état!" and "We are people, not merchandise!"

US News(Oct 16, 2016)

Rousseff denied wrongdoing, arguing that an elite class, furious over the social welfare policies of her Workers' Party, was pulling off a modern-day coup d'etat.

US News(Oct 01, 2016)

n a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper

coup, putsch, takeover

October Revolution

the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922

countercoup

a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat

group action

action taken by a group of people

单词	coup d'etat
释义	coup d'etat (once / 17130 pages) n If you hear about a foreign government's violent overthrow on the news, you can describe it as a coup d'etat. The noun coup d'etat is useful for talking about revolutionary uprisings or military takeovers that result in a country's government changing hands very suddenly. The term is often shortened to just coup, and it has been used in English since the late 1700s. Coup d'etat means "stroke of the state," or "strike against the state," and since it's French, it's pronounced "coo day tah." WORD FAMILY coup d'etat: coups d'etat USAGE EXAMPLES In a special session, congressmen said he had broken constitutional law and carried out a coup d'etat. BBC(Oct 23, 2016) Protesters carried signs claiming the deals would impoverish locals, chanting "They are not treaties, they are coups d'état!" and "We are people, not merchandise!" US News(Oct 16, 2016) Rousseff denied wrongdoing, arguing that an elite class, furious over the social welfare policies of her Workers' Party, was pulling off a modern-day coup d'etat. US News(Oct 01, 2016) n a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper coup, putsch, takeover October Revolution the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922 countercoup a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat group action action taken by a group of people
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