coup

来自coup d’etat.

coup (n.)

c. 1400, from Old French coup, colp "a blow, strike" (12c.), from Medieval Latin colpus, from Vulgar Latin colapus, from Latin colaphus "a cuff, box on the ear," from Greek kolaphos "a blow, slap." Meaning "a sudden decisive act" is 1852, short for coup d'etat. In Modern French the word is a workhorse, describing everything from a pat on the back to a whipping, and is used as well of thunder, gusts of wind, gunshots, and chess moves.

1. All senior officers involved in the coup will have to be removed.

所有参与政变的高级官员都将被免职。

2. 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。

3. Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule.

高官们可能会策划一场政变来复辟独裁统治。

4. Mr Ben Bella was deposed in a coup in 1965.

本·贝拉先生在1965年的一次政变中被推翻。

5. A military guard was injured in the aborted coup.

一位哨兵在这次未遂政变中受伤。