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Oust Ousted Office Class Position Beat Record Ed

英语单词 oust
英美音标 英 [aʊst] 美 [aʊst]
中文释义 v.逐出;夺取;取代
英语例句 (1) The umpire ousted the arguing player from the game.
(2) Fox was ousted from office but he had nothing to say for himself.
(3) The rebels finally managed to oust the government from power.
(4) I 'm sorry to say nothing could oust a computer.
中文例句 (1) 裁判员将那位不服判决的运动员罚下场。
(2) 福克斯被赶下台,但是他没有什么可特别为自己辨护的。
(3) 反叛者最后总算夺取了政权。
(4) 很遗憾,什么也不可能取代计算机。
vocabulary简明 A teacher may oust you from class if you are being disruptive, or you might oust your class president from her position if you beat her in the election. To oust is to “expel,” “kick out,” or “remove and replace.”
vocabulary扩展 When you oust someone, you are “giving them the boot.” A sports team is ousted from a tournament if they lose an elimination round. Oust often implies both removal and replacement. The automobile, for instance, ousted the horse as the preferred means of travel. Likewise, when a politician ousts someone from office they are taking that person’s place in office. And if you beat the all-time record in a hot-dog eating tournament, then you oust the previous record holder from their position.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]罢黜;把…撤职;驱逐 If someone is ousted from a position of power, job, or place, they are forced to leave it.
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  • The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists...

    这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

  • Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence.

    上周,他们试图通过议会的不信任投票将他罢免。

  • ...the ousted government.

    遭推翻的政府

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  • The ousting of his predecessor was one of the most dramatic coups the business world had seen in years.

    将他的前任扳倒是商界多年以来最富戏剧性的一场胜利。

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