1 ( coup d'état) violent change of government政變ADJECTIVE | VERB + COUP | COUP + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤abortive, attempted, failed, unsuccessful流產的政變;未遂的政變;失敗的政變▸➤successful成功的政變▸➤bloody流血政變▸➤bloodless不流血的政變▸➤army, military軍隊/軍事政變▸➤palace宮廷政變◇He deposed his father in a palace coup in 1970.他在 1970 年的一次宮廷政變中廢黜了父親的王位。➤communist, right-wing, etc.共產黨人、右翼分子等的政變▸➤boardroom董事會人事突變◇She lost her position in a boardroom coup (= a sudden change of power in a company).她在董事會的人事突變中失去了職位。VERB + COUP➤launch, mount, stage發動政變▸➤foil, put down挫敗/鎮壓政變◇The coup was immediately put down and the plotters were shot.政變立即被鎮壓下去,密謀者被擊斃。➤engineer, foment, orchestrate, plan, plot策劃/煽動/精心策劃/計劃/密謀政變▸➤lead領導政變▸➤come to power in, seize power in在政變中掌權;在政變中奪取權力◇He seized power in a military coup.他在一場軍事政變中掌了權。COUP + NOUN➤attempt, plot政變圖謀/陰謀▸➤leader, plotter政變頭領/策劃者PREPOSITION➤coup against針對⋯的政變◇a coup against the president企圖推翻總統的政變coup
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2achievement成就ADJECTIVE | VERB + COUPADJECTIVE➤big, great, major, real, spectacular (especially BrE) 巨大的成就;輝煌的成就◇Winning that contract was her greatest coup.贏得那份合同是她最大的成就。➤diplomatic, intelligence, marketing, propaganda, publicity外交上的成功之舉;漂亮的情報戰;漂亮的營銷戰;宣傳上的巨大成功;巧妙的公關宣傳VERB + COUP➤pull off, score贏得成功◇He managed to pull off a major diplomatic coup.他設法贏得了一次重大的外交成功。