记忆方法
1、over "above" + throw.
2、含义：throw from above, throw down from above, cast down from above.
3、roll over, throw over (滚下，扔下) from power.
2、含义：throw from above, throw down from above, cast down from above.
3、roll over, throw over (滚下，扔下) from power.
中文词源
overthrow 推翻，倾倒
over-,超过，过度，throw,扔。比喻用法。
英语词源
- overthrow (v.)
- early 14c., "to knock down," from over- + throw (v.). Figurative sense of "to cast down from power, defeat" is attested from late 14c. Related: Overthrown; overthrowing. Earlier in same senses was overwerpen "to overturn (something), overthrow; destroy," from Old English oferweorpan (see warp (v.)).
- overthrow (n.)
- 1510s, "act of overthrowing," from over- + throw (n.).
权威例句
- 1. These feelings are likely to make people attempt to overthrow the system.
- 这些情绪有可能促使人们想要推翻现行的体制。
- 2. Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government.
- 检方在审判中指称被告密谋推翻政府。
- 3. The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy.
- 军事统治政权被推翻以后，接着是一段时期的无政府状态。
- 4. a conspiracy to overthrow the government
- 颠覆政府的阴谋
- 5. After the overthrow of the government, the country was in chaos.
- 政府被推翻后, 这个国家处于混乱中.