overthrow 的过去式:推翻(政府、统治者或制度);(也可指)击败、打倒。
/ˌoʊvərˈθruː/
The rebels overthrew the dictator.
叛军推翻了独裁者。
After months of protests and strikes, the old regime was overthrew and a transitional council took power.
在持续数月的抗议与罢工之后,旧政权被推翻,过渡委员会开始掌权。
来自古英语构词:**over-**(“翻过、颠覆”)+ throw(“投掷、扔”)。字面意思接近“把……掀翻/扔倒”,引申为在政治或竞争中“推翻、打败”。Overthrew 是其不规则过去式(原形 overthrow,过去分词 overthrown)。