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Throw Overthrow Cast 8714.Overthrow 英 əʊvə'θrəʊ]美 Ovɚ'θro 释义

正面 8714.overthrow
英 [əʊvə'θrəʊ]美 [,ovɚ'θro]

背面
释义:
n. 推翻;倾覆;瓦解vt. 推翻;打倒;倾覆
例句:
1. These feelings are likely to make people attempt to overthrow the system.这些情绪有可能促使人们想要推翻现行的体制。

1、over "above" + throw.2、含义:throw from above, throw down from above, cast down from above.3、roll over, throw over (滚下,扔下) from power.
overthrow 推翻,倾倒over-,超过,过度,throw,扔。比喻用法。
overthrow (v.)early 14c., "to knock down," from over- + throw (v.). Figurative sense of "to cast down from power, defeat" is attested from late 14c. Related: Overthrown; overthrowing. Earlier in same senses was overwerpen "to overturn (something), overthrow; destroy," from Old English oferweorpan (see warp (v.)).overthrow (n.)1510s, "act of overthrowing," from over- + throw (n.)."

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