overthrow
英[??v?'θr??]
美[,ov?'θro]
- n. 推翻；傾覆；瓦解
- vt. 推翻；打倒；傾覆
詞態變化
復數:?overthrows;第三人稱單數:?overthrows;過去式:?overthrew;過去分詞:?overthrown;現在分詞:?overthrowing;
助記提示
1、over "above" + throw.
2、含義：throw from above, throw down from above, cast down from above.
3、roll over, throw over (滾下，扔下) from power.
中文詞源
overthrow 推翻，傾倒
over-,超過，過度，throw,扔。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- 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.)).
- overthrow (n.)
- 1510s, "act of overthrowing," from over- + throw (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. These feelings are likely to make people attempt to overthrow the system.
- 這些情緒有可能促使人們想要推翻現行的體制。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government.
- 檢方在審判中指稱被告密謀推翻政府。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy.
- 軍事統治政權被推翻以后，接著是一段時期的無政府狀態。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. a conspiracy to overthrow the government
- 顛覆政府的陰謀
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. After the overthrow of the government, the country was in chaos.
- 政府被推翻后, 這個國家處于混亂中.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》