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

• Guinea Bissau has a history of coups and coup attempts.
  几内亚比绍历来有政变和企图政变的传统。
• 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。
• Fiji has coups, the Solomons has scandals, and almost all have struggling economies.
  斐济发生政变，所罗门群岛出现丑闻，而且这些国家的经济形势几乎都是举步维艰。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He felt comfortable amid Atlanta's historically black colleges and restaurants, far away from a succession of military coups and botched elections in Nigeria.
  他在亚特兰大历来以黑人为主的大学和餐馆如鱼得水，远离了尼日利亚一连串的军事政变和流产选举。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。