coups

英 [kuː]

美 [kuz]

n.  政变; 努力办到难办的事
coup的复数

柯林斯词典

• 政变
  When there is acoup, a group of people seize power in a country.
  1. ...a military coup...
     军事政变
  2. They were sentenced to death for their part in April's coup attempt.
     他们因参与了4月份的政变而被判处死刑。
• 了不起的成就;成功之举
  Acoupis an achievement which is thought to be especially good because it was very difficult.
  1. The sale is a big coup for the auction house...
     这笔交易是该拍卖行的一大成功之举。
  2. Regency Opera have scored something of a coup by persuading her to undertake the role.
     雷根希歌剧院说服她扮演这一角色从而取得了巨大成功。

双语例句

• There have been previous attempts at coups. We regard such methods as entirely unacceptable
  以前也有人试图发动政变。我们绝对不能接受这种做法。
• Beginning in1960 a series of coups d'etat were attempted, and in reaction his rule became increasingly despotic.
  在1960年开始了一系列的政变企图是，在他统治的反应变得越来越专制。
• For 63 years, through 10 successful coups, 16 constitutions and 27 prime ministers, he has remained the one neutral figure.
  阿杜德在位的63年里一直保持中立，期间经历了10次成功的政变，16部宪法和27位总理。
• During its32 years of independence, Comoros has experienced several attempted secessions and more than a dozen coups or attempted coups, some of them led by foreign mercenaries.
  科摩罗在32年独立期间经历了几次预谋分离和大约10几次政变以及预谋政变，有些政变是外国雇佣军领导的。
• If all else fails, there is always the army, an institution that has mounted 11 successful coups since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932.
  如果其它所有努力都告失败，总还有军队，自1932年绝对君主制结束以来，泰国军队已成功发动11次政变。
• As I've written before, Thailand has traditionally weathered coups and political instability quite well.
  正如笔者之前所写，泰国曾成功渡过多次政变和政治动荡。
• Haiti has seen 32 coups during the over 200 years since it was independent.
  海地独立二百多年来，经历了32次政变。
• In truth the king has always been capable of showing his displeasure at coups when it suited him, by rallying troops or by dragging his feet in accepting their outcome.
  事实上通过召集军队或者拖延他认可政变结果的时间，国王早已能够在他觉得合适的时候表达对政变的不满。
• We will make history and there will be no more coups in Thailand.
  我们将创造历史，泰国将不再发生政变。
• Spain was briefly a Republic, from 1871 to 1873, a year in which a series of coups reinstalled the monarchy.
  西班牙在1871-1873年期间成立了一个短暂的共和国，但一系列的政变恢复其君主政权。