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单词 overthrow
释义
overthrow
verb
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈθrəʊ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈθroʊ/
overthrew|overthrown

overthrowverb(DEFEAT)

[T]uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈθrəʊ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈθroʊ/
todefeatorremovesomeone frompower, usingforce:
（用武力）推翻，打倒；打败
He said that Allende'sgovernmentin Chile was overthrown by thearmyand theCIAin 1973.他说智利的阿连德政府1973年是被军队和中央情报局推翻的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taking action against people in power
  • anarchist
  • angry young man
  • anti-apartheid
  • anti-revolutionary
  • anti-state
  • insurgency
  • insurrection
  • jihadi
  • mujahideen
  • mutineer
  • rebelliously
  • rebelliousness
  • recusant
  • red flag
  • revolt
  • subversively
  • subversiveness
  • suicide bomber
  • terrorist
  • topple
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overthrowverb(THROW)

[IorT]USuk
/ˈəʊ.və.θrəʊ/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.θroʊ/uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈθrəʊ/
tothrowaballpast thepersonorobjectyouintendedtothrowto:
投（球）过猛；投球超过（接手或目标）；扔得比…远
Thequarterbackoverthrew (thepass).四分卫传球过猛。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Throwing
  • arm
  • cast
  • flick
  • heave
  • hurl
  • outpitch
  • overhand
  • peg
  • pelt
  • project
  • shy
  • sling
  • stone
  • thread
  • throwsomethingin
  • toss
  • underarm
  • underhand
  • wang
  • whang
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General terms used in ball sports
overthrow
noun
uk
/ˈəʊ.və.θrəʊ/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.θroʊ/

overthrownoun(DEFEAT)

[Cusually singular]
anoccasionwhen someone or something isremovedfrompowerusingforce:
（用武力）推翻，打倒；打败
the overthrowofthemonarchy君主制的推翻
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taking action against people in power
  • anarchist
  • angry young man
  • anti-apartheid
  • anti-revolutionary
  • anti-state
  • insurgency
  • insurrection
  • jihadi
  • mujahideen
  • mutineer
  • rebelliously
  • rebelliousness
  • recusant
  • red flag
  • revolt
  • subversively
  • subversiveness
  • suicide bomber
  • terrorist
  • topple
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overthrownoun(THROW)

[Cusually singular]
theactofthrowingaballtoofar
投球过猛；（球被）扔太远
[C]
ascoreincricketmade when theballisthrownpast thepersonit wasintendedto bethrownto
投（球）过猛；投球超过（接手或目标）；扔得比…远
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General terms used in ball sports
  • aggregate score
  • assist
  • back pass
  • backspin
  • ballplayer
  • bend
  • hat trick
  • in boundsidiom
  • inbounds pass
  • indirect free kick
  • kicker
  • laysomeoneoff
  • loft
  • penalty
  • pitch
  • smash-mouth
  • spot kick
  • square ball
  • timeout
  • underhand
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Throwing
Cricket
(Definition ofoverthrowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overthrow| American Dictionary

overthrow
verb[T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈθroʊ/
past tenseoverthrewus/ˌoʊ·vərˈθru/|past participleoverthrownus/ˌoʊ·vərˈθroʊn/
toremovefrompower,esp. byforce:
Heallegedlyplottedto overthrow thegovernment.

overthrow

noun[C]us
/ˈoʊ·vərˌθroʊ/
The overthrow of thedictatorshipoccurredin 1922.
(Definition ofoverthrowfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverthrow

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Attunement, in effect, overthrows the duality between composer, performer and listeners, a perspective that computer and electroacoustic music technologies can reinforce by facilitating access.
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The early nineteenth century saw major developments in embryology, which challenged the mechanical concept of generation and overthrew the preformation theory.
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Within less than a year, the royal system was overthrown.
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He also grants that a sceptic might" use science to repudiate science"; our entire theory of external objects might be overthrown.
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We continue to speak of a scientific revolution because earlier systems of belief were emphatically overthrown.
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Should a ruler become a tyrant, he could be overthrown by force.
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Although the values of modesty were never overthrown in the contest itself, the real winners were those women whose exterior beauty was displayed more ostentatiously.
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The state was therefore effectively insulated from the tribal power holders who had overthrown previous dynasts and dynasties.
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Nevertheless, the threat of hostile takeover would induce the incumbent management to maximize profit rather than risk being overthrown.
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A year later, the lumpen military overthrew the government and established a brutal dictatorship.
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Although he was the leader of the rebellion that overthrew his father, he was not simply installed into the role of sultan.
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His vision was to establish an indigenous-based oligarchy, perhaps an alternative to the settler-based oligarchy he had overthrown.
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In the ensuing conflict, the rebels came very close to entering the capital and overthrowing the government for a third time.
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Open resistance was aimed not at overthrowing the regime but at restoring negotiations with it.
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The king did not attempt to achieve this by overthrowing or even modifying the constitution, for which he had a sincere and perhaps exaggerated respect.
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