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

• 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。
• Should it be bankrolling coups in Latin America?
  美国是否应该资助拉美的政变？
• Military coups in Thailand happen almost as often as American presidential elections.
  泰国的军事政变就像美国的总统大选一样频繁。
• Experts say it is essential that companies have contingency plans for everything from terrorist attacks or coups abroad to the arrest of staff.
  专家表示，对于各种突发事件，从恐怖袭击或外国政变到员工被捕等，公司都要有应急计划，这很重要。
• Even the best-intentioned coups leave an ugly mess, such as that now facing Thailand.
  即使是最善意的政变也只是留下一个烂摊子，就像现在泰国所面临的。
• Thailand has had eighteen coups or coup attempts since 1932.
  自1932年以来，泰国已发起了18次政变或蓄意政变。
• 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。
• Finally, regular and credible elections are one of Latin America's greatest recent achievements, given its history of military coups.
  最后，鉴于拉丁美洲军事政变的历史，有公信力的定期选举，是该地区近来最大的成就之一。
• 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。
• 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。