Coup
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n. 意外而成功的行动
- [英] n. 意外而成功的行动 ( a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act)
- [例] a bloodless coup ( 一场不流血的政变)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. verb
- Etymology: Middle English, to strike, from Anglo-French couper — more at cope
- Date: circa 1572
- chiefly Scottish overturn, upset
II. noun (plural coups)
- Etymology: French, blow, stroke — more at cope
- Date: 1791
- 1. a brilliant, sudden, and usually highly successful stroke or act
- 2. coup d'etat