oust
oust 英 [aʊst] 美 [aʊst]
vt. 剥夺；罢免；革职
进行时:ousting 过去式:ousted 过去分词:ousted 第三人称单数:ousts
- 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.”
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- vt. 剥夺；罢免；革职
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1. He was ousted as chairman.
他的主席职务被革除了。
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2. The rebels oust the government from power.
反叛者打倒了政府。
- oust (v.) early 15c., from Anglo-French oster (late 13c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ôter), from Latin obstare "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block," in Vulgar Latin, "hinder," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm." Related: Ousted; ousting.
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