打倒,推翻;使屈服,征服;使瓦解;撞倒;
推翻,打倒;打翻;倾倒;[棒]投得过高的球;

这组词的共同含义是“推翻”。它们的区别是:
overthrow强调用力量、暴力等手段彻底“打败,推翻,摧毁”某物; 而subvert则指用破坏支柱、削弱基础等手段“颠覆”有实际价值的东西,常含有“破坏,腐蚀”的意思。
这些动词都含“征服,战胜”之意。
conquer侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。
overcome多指战胜或克服非物质的东西,如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。
overthrow指彻底击败对手,使其丧失力量和地位。
defeat普通用词,多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手,侧重胜利的暂时性。
beat口笔语都可用,可与defeat换用。
subdue正式用词,与conquer同义,但强调失败后的臣服状态;也可用作借喻,表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。
词源词根法
over-过分,在…上+throwover-,超过,过度,throw,扔。比喻用法。
Haven't his men come to you to and spy out the country and overthrow it?
他的臣仆来见你不是为详察窥探,倾覆这地 么 .
来源:网络文摘精选The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy.
军事统治政权被推翻以后,接着是一段时期的无政府状态。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》It accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
5瞻徇恶人的情面,偏断义人的案件, 都为不善.
来源:网络文摘精选The overthrow of the dictator reminded his worshippers of their own latter end.
这个独裁者的倒台使其崇拜者想到他们自己末日的来临.
来源:网络文摘精选Nor does the overthrow of a tyrannical order instantly make it easy to examine the past.
刚推翻一个专制政权就要立即对往事进行审查绝非易事.
来源:网络文摘精选The police discovered his conspiracy to overthrow the government with some army officers.
警方发现他与一些军官同谋企图推翻政府。
来源:《汉英大词典》Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government.
检方在审判中指称被告密谋推翻政府。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》He was exiled to the areas after his attempt to overthrow the king had failed.
在推翻国王的企图失败以后,他被放逐到边疆.
来源:网络文摘精选In 1986, a bloodless overthrow brought an army officer to power.
1986年, 一次不流血的政变使一个军官上了台.
来源:《简明英汉词典》John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states.
约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯.
来源:《用法词典》叛乱的军官控制了电台,广播宣布推翻君主制的消息。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Contemporary art especially the art of this century, has chosen to overthrow tradition.
当代艺术,特别是这个世纪的艺术, 已经选择了颠覆传统.
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