overthrew是什么意思？

overthrew

英[ˌəʊvəˈθru:] 美[ˌoʊvər'θru]

• v. 打倒，推翻( overthrow的过去式 )，使终止；

例句

• He stumbled and overthrew the chair. 他绊了一下,撞翻了椅子.
• They overthrew their King. 他们推翻了国王.
• Oliver Cromwell overthrew King Charles I. 奥利弗·克伦威尔推翻了国王查理一世.
• The alliance that overthrew Siad Barre was inherently unstable. 该联盟推翻西亚德巴雷本质上是不稳定的.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  推翻；打倒；将…赶下台
  When a government or leader is overthrown, they are removed from power by force.
  例句
  That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago. 那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。 ...an attempt to overthrow the president. 推翻总统的企图