coups
n.政变(复数):通过非法或暴力手段突然夺取政权的行动。
例句
There have been previous attempts at coups. We regard such methods as entirely unacceptable.
先前有过政变企图。我们认为这样的方法完全不可接受。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
Speaking through an interpreter, Aristide said that Haitians had hoped coups were behind them.
通过口译员,亚里斯蒂德说海地人希望政变再也不发生了。
It would also be anathema to the African Union's principled stand against military coups.
而对以反对军事叛变为原则的非洲联盟来说,这将是无法容忍的行为。