| 释义 |
coup d'e·tat
\|kü(ˌ)dā|tä, -tȧ also -üdə|-\ noun
(plural coups d'etat \“\ ; also coup d'etats \-äz, -ȧz\)
Etymology: French coup d'état, literally, stroke of state
1. : a sudden decisive exercise of localized or concentrated force unseating the personnel of a goverment
2. : a coup violently and unexpectedly reformulating state policy : an unexpected or sudden measure of state often involving force or threat of force |