词汇释义
oust TEM8 IELTS GRE
UK /aʊst/ US /aʊst/
verb, If someone is ousted from a position of power, job, or place, they are forced to leave it.罢黜，把…...撤职，驱逐
外刊例句
1. The overhaul announced Wednesday will oust current members of the two science advisory boards, including some whose terms do not expire this year.(Seattle Times)
2. Mr. Black’s dealings also prompted calls in the art world to oust him as chairman of the Museum of Modern Art.(New York Times)
3. The decision follows a Feb. 1 military coup that ousted the country’s elected government, provoking massive public protests.(Seattle Times)
4. More than 70 House Democrats last week urged Biden to quickly fill three of the four board vacancies to create the majority bloc with the votes necessary to oust DeJoy, if desired.(Washington Post)
5. The next year, the company cut the newsroom’s staff in half and ousted its top editor, Jim Rich.(New York Times)
6. Last April, Mr. Rogozinski and his allies in the community were ousted.(New York Times)
7. Mr. Ghosn asserts that Nissan executives, including Mr. Nada, colluded with Japanese officials to oust him because they feared he would merge the company with its longtime partner Renault, the French automaker.(New York Times)
8. She ousted Taylor in 2018 by just over two percentage points, and more than doubled that margin in the rematch in November.(Washington Post)
9. Among the most eagerly awaited decisions will be how he handles domestic fuel pricing, the issue that led to Castello Branco’s ousting.(Reuters)
10. In 2018, she ousted a four-term GOP incumbent, focusing her campaign on what she saw as a need to elect more representatives with “the working person’s voice.”(Seattle Times)
11. He raised five times as much money for a primary challenge, almost all self-funded — his father founded an empire of dental offices — and ousted the incumbent.(New York Times)
12. Working for the military regime that ousted the elected government in February, he belittled the size of anti-coup protests and said he wanted me to see the situation firsthand.(Washington Post)
词汇搭配
oust people, president, government
词汇来源
early 15c., ousten, "eject, dispossess," from Anglo-French oster, ouster (early 14c.), 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.
近义词
depose, dethrone, unseat, displace, overthrow, uncrown, deprive, discharge, unthrone, supplant,eject, dismiss, remove, overturn, expel replace
反义词
appoint, allow, place, offer, employ, hire, retain, accept, hold, stay, engage, leave, keep, welcome
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