overthrow
美音:
[´əuvəθ´rəu
]英音:
[´əuvəθ´rəu
]n.推翻,打倒,扔得过远得球 vt.打倒,推翻,颠覆
难易程度:
overthrow为六级词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:overthrew 过去分词:overthrown 现在分词:overthrowing 第三人称单数:overthrows
词根
over-=above,across,beyond 从“覆盖”、“超越”、“胜过”引申为“过度”、“太过”之意
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overthrow
/,əʊvə'θrəʊ; ,ovɚ`θro/
v (pt overthrew /- 5Wru:; -`Wru/, pp overthrown / -5WrEUn; -`Wron/) [Tn] cause the downfall or defeat of (sb/sth); put an end to 推翻, 打倒(某人[某事物]); 使终止或结束
*The rebels tried to overthrow the government. 叛乱者企图推翻政府.
/'əʊvəθrəʊ; `ovɚ,θro/
n
1 [C usu sing 通常作单数] act of overthrowing; defeat推翻; 打倒; 终止; 结束
*the overthrow of the monarchy 君主政体的覆灭
* the attempted overthrow of the tyrant 推翻暴君的尝试.
2 [C] (in cricket) throw of the ball by a fielder which goes too far, esp when this results in an extra score for the batsman (板球中)守场员掷球过远(尤指导致击球员得分者).
1. They conspired to overthrow the Government. 他们共同密谋颠覆政府.
2. The rebels tried to overthrow the government. 叛乱者企图推翻政府.
3. He had been the first to turn a telescope to the sky, and he had seen there evidence enough to overthrow Aristotle and Ptolemy together. 他是第一个把望远镜对准天空的人,观察到的论据足以把亚里士多德和托勒密一起推翻。
4. But can even overthrow a government. 甚至还能推翻一个政府。
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