overthrown是什么意思？

overthrown

英[ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊn] 美[ˌoʊvərˈθroʊn]

• v. 打倒，推翻( overthrow的过去分词 )，使终止；

例句

• Mother - right , therefore, had to be overthrown, and overthrown it was. 因此, 必须废除母权制, 而它也就被废除了.
• Men of the sword had overthrown nobles and kings. 手执利剑的人已经推翻了王室贵胄.
• The tyrant who oppressed the people was finally overthrown. 压迫人民的暴君终于被推翻了.
• He has overthrown the basic standards of morality. 他已摒弃了基本的道德标准.
• 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。
• The late President Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown by a popular uprising in 1986. 已故总统费迪南德·马科斯于1986年被民众起义赶下了台。
• He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos. 他最终被推翻，整个国家则陷入了混乱。

英语四级真题

The overthrown giants of Wall Street took the biggest knock, with average pay cuts of 38% and median bonuses of zero.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

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