coup

• n. 政變；妙計；出乎意料的行動；砰然的一擊
• vt. 使…顛倒；使…傾斜
• vi. 推倒；傾斜；溢出
• n. (Coup)人名；(法)庫普

來自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.

所有參與政變的高級官員都將被免職。

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2. The sale is a big coup for the auction house.

這筆交易是該拍賣行的一大成功之舉。

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

高官們可能會策劃一場政變來複辟獨裁統治。

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

本·貝拉先生在1965年的一次政變中被推翻。

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

一位哨兵在這次未遂政變中受傷。

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