coup
US: /ˈku/
UK: /kˈuːp/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
coup /ku:/- danh từ
- việc làm táo bạo; hành động phi thường
- to make a coup: làm một chuyện phi thường
- việc làm táo bạo; hành động phi thường
Advanced English dictionary
1 (also coup d'etat) a sudden, illegal and often violent, change of government: He seized power in a military coup in 1981. + to stage / mount a coup + an attempted coup + a failed / an abortive coup + She lost her position in a boardroom coup (= a sudden change of power among senior managers in a company).2 the fact of achieving sth that was difficult to do: Getting this contract has been quite a coup for us. + He pulled off a major diplomatic coup by winning agreement from all the warring factions on a permanent ceasefire.
Collocation
1 (also coup d'etat) violent change of government
ADJ.
abortive, attempted, failed, unsuccessful | successful | bloody | bloodless | army, military | palace, presidential
He deposed his father in a palace coup in 1970.
| communist | boardroom
She lost her position in a boardroom coup (= a sudden change of power among senior managers in a company).
VERB + COUP
launch, mount, stage | foil, put down
The coup was immediately put down and the plotters were shot.
| plan, plot | lead | come to power in, seize power in
He seized power in a military coup
COUP + NOUN
attempt, plot | leader, plotter
PREP.
~ against
an army coup against the president
2 achievement
ADJ.
big, brilliant, great, major, real, spectacular
Winning that contract was her greatest coup.
| diplomatic, financial, intelligence, propaganda, publicity
VERB + COUP
pull off
He managed to pull off a major diplomatic coup.
Concise dictionary
coupskuːnoun
+a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
+a brilliant and notable success
