英语词汇“overthrow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

overthrowoverthrow1 /ˌoʊvɚˈθroʊ/ ●○○ verb (past tense overthrew /-ˈθru/, past participle overthrown /-ˈθroʊn/) [transitive]

VERB TABLE

overthrow

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	overthrow
	he, she, it	overthrows
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	overthrew
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have overthrown
	he, she, it	has overthrown
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had overthrown
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will overthrow
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have overthrown

Continuous Form
Present	I	am overthrowing
	he, she, it	is overthrowing
	you, we, they	are overthrowing
Past	I, he, she, it	was overthrowing
	you, we, they	were overthrowing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been overthrowing
	he, she, it	has been overthrowing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been overthrowing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be overthrowing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been overthrowing

1social studies, politics to remove a leader or government from a position of power by force SYN oust: an attempt by the military to overthrow the government2to cause a complete change by getting rid of the existing rules, ideas, etc.: a discovery that could overthrow conventional ideas about computing3to throw a football or baseball too far for someone to catch it

verb | noun

overthrowoverthrow2 /ˈoʊvɚˌθroʊ/ noun [uncountable] 1social studies, politics the defeat and removal from power of a leader or government, especially by force: overthrow of the overthrow of a hated dictator2the act of completely changing or getting rid of a set of rules or ideas, or a social system: overthrow of an organization whose aim is the overthrow of capitalism