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

• Should it be bankrolling coups in Latin America?
  美国是否应该资助拉美的政变？
• 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。
• As I've written before, Thailand has traditionally weathered coups and political instability quite well.
  正如笔者之前所写，泰国曾成功渡过多次政变和政治动荡。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is why public-company shareholders put a lot of effort into monitoring managers and boards, who, even then, can be hard to control without resorting to boardroom coups and confrontation.
  即便如此，这些管理者和董事如不通过会务策略和对抗手段是难以管制的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。