vt.　打倒，推翻 defeat, especially using force; remove from a position of power

　～ king　推翻国王
　～ government　推翻政府
　～ car　撞翻了汽车
　～ chair　打翻了椅子
　～ a tree　刮倒了一棵树
　～ brutally　野蛮地推翻
　～ completely　彻底推翻
　～ decisively　果断地推翻
　～ illegally〔lawlessly〕　非法地推翻
　～ passionately　激情地推翻
　～ victoriously　胜利地推翻
　～ vindictively　有报复心地推翻
　～ by　被…推翻

　They overthrew their King.　他们推翻了国王。
　The army had lawlessly overthrown the democratic government of this country.　军队已经非法推翻了这个国家的民主政府。
　He stumbled and overthrew the chair.　他绊了一下，打翻了椅子。
　Laws are openly violated; standards of behavior are overthrown.　法律公然被践踏；行为准则被破坏。
　The cart and fruit were overthrown by a speeding car.　手推车和水果被一辆急驰而过的汽车撞翻了。
　The trees were all overthrown by the windstorm.　树木全被风暴刮倒了。
　The city was overthrown by a great fire in 1933.　那座城市于1933年毁于一场大火。

 ♣ overthrow, subvert
　这组词的共同含义是“推翻”。其区别是：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。

S 推翻，终止，结束act of overthrowing; defeat

　give the ～　推翻，灭亡
　have the ～　垮台，灭亡
　the final ～　最终覆灭
　the ～ of a government　推翻一个政府
　the ～ of sb's plans　某人计划的失败

　After the overthrow of the government, the country was in chaos.　政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
　The revolution caused the overthrow of the autocracy.　这场革命导致了独裁政体的结束。

　［同义词］ n. defeat, downfall, rebellion, revolution
　［反义词］ n. defense, preservation, protection