Getting the contract was quite a coup.是什么意思？

Getting the contract was quite a coup.

把合同争取到手是巧妙精彩的一着.

getting

n. 获得（物），利益；v. 得到( get的现在分词 )，抓住，说服，受到（惩罚等）；

例句
Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal...
尽管还很痛，她已经基本上行动如常。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

contract

n. 合同，契约，协议；

例句
The House of Lords affirmed that the terms of a contract cannot be rewritten retrospectively.
上议院申明合同条款改写后不具备追溯效力。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

quite

adv. 相当，很，非常，确实如此；

例句
For a novelist, that's quite an accomplishment...
对于一位小说家来说，那是相当了不起的成就。

coup

n. 机敏的策略，政变，棒击；

例句
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。