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overthrow sb/sth
后接被推翻的对象，如政府、政权、领导人等。
Rebel forces are attempting to overthrow the government.
叛军试图推翻政府。
推翻；颠覆
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推翻；颠覆
To remove a leader or government from power, especially by force
Rebel forces are attempting to overthrow the government.
叛军试图推翻政府。
使(政府等)垮台,尤指通过武力；推翻；篡夺
To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp.
把(某物)扔得太远
To throw (something) so that it goes too far.
导致统治者的垮台
cause the downfall of; of rulers
overthrow
Base
原形
overthrows
3rd person
第三人称单数
overthrowing
-ing
现在分词
overthrew
Past
过去式
overthrown
Past participle
过去分词
The rebels overthrow the government.
叛军推翻了政府。
The king overthrew the previous dynasty.
国王推翻了前一个王朝。
They have overthrown the dictator.
他们已经推翻了独裁者。
不规则动词，过去式与过去分词需特殊记忆。
The rebels overthrew the dictator after years of civil war.
叛军在内战多年后推翻了独裁者。
AI contextual example
People are planning to overthrow the corrupt regime.
人们正在计划推翻腐败的政权。
AI contextual example
The king was overthrown by his own generals.
国王被自己的将军推翻了。
AI contextual example
The Czar was overthrown
沙皇被推翻了。
WordNet
后接被推翻的对象，如政府、政权、领导人等。
Rebel forces are attempting to overthrow the government.
叛军试图推翻政府。
被动语态强调被推翻的动作承受者。
The corrupt regime was overthrown by a popular uprising.
腐败政权被民众起义推翻。
可引申用于推翻制度、观念、理论等。
The discovery overthrew centuries of scientific belief.
这一发现推翻了数个世纪的科学观念。
Not this
He overthrown the government.
Use this
He overthrew the government.
动词 overthrow 的过去式是 overthrew，不是 overthrown。overthrown 是过去分词，用于完成时或被动语态。
Not this
The government was overthrew.
Use this
The government was overthrown.
被动语态中应使用过去分词 overthrown，而不是过去式 overthrew。
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推翻政府
The rebels planned to overthrow the government.
叛军计划推翻政府。
推翻政权
The revolution succeeded in overthrowing the regime.
革命成功推翻了政权。
推翻国王
They overthrew the king and established a republic.
他们推翻了国王，建立了共和国。
推翻独裁者
The people rose up to overthrow the dictator.
人民起义推翻了独裁者。
企图推翻
Several groups attempted to overthrow the government.
几个团体企图推翻政府。
推翻统治阶级
He spoke about the need to overthrow the ruling class.
他谈到需要推翻统治阶级。
叛军试图推翻帝国，恢复银河系的自由。
In Star Wars, the Rebel Alliance's goal is to overthrow the Galactic Empire.
在《星球大战》中，反抗联盟的目标是推翻银河帝国。
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over（超过） + throw（扔）→ 把统治者扔下去
语域：formal 常见场景：政治、革命、政变 通常用于正式或政治语境，指推翻政权或统治者。
The -ow ending is pronounced /oʊ/ in these words, rhyming with the stressed syllable of 'overthrow'. However, note that -ow can also be pronounced /aʊ/ as in 'cow', 'now', 'how'.
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