夏说英语新闻晨读 第140期:德国防范土耳其

 本期内容：

Continuing a crackdown following last month’s failed coup¹, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, decreed that the government could issue direct orders to military commanders, bypassing the chief of the general staff. Separately, Germany’s highest court upheld a police request to stop Mr Erdogan from addressing a 40,000-strong rally in Cologne by video link, for fear of provoking violence.

词汇讲解：
Crackdown: 镇压
Coup：政变
Decree：颁布法令
Commander：指挥官
Bypass：绕开
General staff：参谋部
Uphold：支持
Rally：集会

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n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。