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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Another argument against emerging markets is that they are too volatile and have unstable, unpredictable governments that leave them susceptible to coups or revolutions.
  另一个针对新兴市场的说法是：它们的波动性过大，政府有欠稳定且不可预期，这让它们容易受到政变或革命的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But there is every chance that his years of good living could prove a more imminent threat to the regime than internal coups and bombers.
  但相对于国内政变和爆炸袭击，他多年锦衣玉食的生活可能是对朝鲜政权更直接的威胁。
• 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。
• This is despite the fact that it has adopted 17 constitutions and suffered umpteen coups in its 76-year history as a constitutional monarchy.
  尽管在其76年的君主立宪制历史中，它已颁布了17部宪法，经历过无数次政变。