Overthrow
[əʊvə'θrəʊ] or [,ovɚ'θro]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force).
(verb.) cause the downfall of; of rulers; 'The Czar was overthrown'; 'subvert the ruling class'.
整理:凯瑟琳--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
(v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
(n.) The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin.
(n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.
(n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.
錄入:赛斯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Overturn, upset, overset, subvert, prostrate, level, fell, throw down, beat down.[2]. Demolish, destroy, ruin.[3]. Vanquish, conquer, defeat, worst, overcome, master, overpower, overbear, overwhelm, subjugate, crush, discomfit, beat, rout, foil.
n. [1]. Subversion, prostration.[2]. Destruction, demolition, ruin, shipwreck.[3]. Defeat, discomfiture, rout.
校對:赛克
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Destroy, subvert, upset, overturn, ruin, demolish, defeat, rout, overcome,discomfit, invert, overset, reverse
ANT:Restore, reinstate, construct, regenerate, redintegrate, revive, reedify
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解釋/意思:
v.t. to throw down: to upset: to bring to an end: to demolish: to defeat utterly.—ns. O′verthrow act of overthrowing or state of being overthrown: ruin: defeat: a throwing of a ball beyond the player; O′verthrower.
整理:温弗雷德
例句/造句/用法:
- It was certainly the act of an insane man to attempt the invasion of the South, and the overthrow of slavery, with less than twenty men. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- An essential condition of the peace he sought through the overthrow of German imperialism was, he declared, to be this federal organ. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Kings and Jacobins were at one, when it came to the question of his overthrow. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Such an overthrow of every thing she had been wishing for! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Most of these things that distress you, you can avoid; most of these things that dominate you, you can overthrow. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Fighting viciously every readjustment which a nation demands, they make their own overthrow inevitable. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The usual diligence and order of the Counting-house at the Works were overthrown. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The path of scientific progress is strewn with the ruins of overthrown hypotheses. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- There had been a brief all-German parliament at Frankfort in 1848, which was overthrown in 1849 by the Prussian monarchy. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Respect, esteem, and confidence had vanished for ever; and all his views of domestic happiness were overthrown. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The cables are then passed over towers, on which they are supported in movable saddles, so that the towers are not overthrown by the strain on the cables. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In the jar of her whole being, Pity was overthrown. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- No doubt what gave special zest to his study of the alkalis was the hope of overthrowing the doctrine of French chemists that oxygen was the e ssential element of every acid. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- This comes nearer to overthrowing the doctrine of the conservation of energy, said he, than anything I ever saw. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- As on the former occasion he overthrew the cauldron before leaping, sinuous and catlike, into the lower branches of the forest giant. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- When unopposed they spread their ravages wide; in cases of danger they clustered, and by dint of numbers overthrew their weak and despairing foes. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
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