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

• For Pakistan to break this vicious circle, it needs an army that renounces coups, come what may.
  巴基斯坦需要一支在任何情况下都不会政变的军队才有可能打破这个恶性循环。
• That, plus infighting or palace coups inside the Kremlin, where Russia's real political competition takes place.
  如果再加上克林姆林宫内的明争暗斗和宫廷政变，一场真正意义上的政治竞争将会一发不可收拾。
• But it has not shied away from using force – through coups in Latin America or war in Vietnam and Iraq – in an effort to impose its vision on the world.
  但为了将其愿景强加给世界，美国并不回避使用武力&拉美政变或越南和伊朗战争就清楚地表明了这一点。
• 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。
• Unlike Thailand, presently under military rule, it is not prone to coups.
  与目前处于军事统治下的泰国不同，马来西亚很少发生政变。
• 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。
• The country's apparently troubled political history of serial coups and quick-vanishing constitutions, say its many admirers, is not as bad as it appears.
  仰慕者表示，连续的政变和稍现即逝的宪法让这个国家的政治史显得问题重重，但实际上并不像看起来那么糟糕。
• 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。
• 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。
• The energy resources have also sparked conflict in countries such as Sudan and Nigeria, and have contributed to years of coups and political unrest.
  此外，能源资源是苏丹和尼日尼亚等国家地缘冲突的导火索，同时也是该地区长年发生政变和政治动荡的原因之一。