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单词 oust
释义
oust
verb[T]
uk
/aʊst/us
/aʊst/
toforcesomeone toleaveapositionofpower,job,place, orcompetition:
将…赶下台，罢免，废黜；赶走；淘汰
Thepresidentwas ousted (frompower) in amilitarycoupinJanuary1987.总统在1987年1月的一次军事政变中被赶下了台。
Policearetryingto oustdrugdealersfromthecity.警方正试图将毒品贩子们从市中心撵走。
Last year's NCAAwinnershave been oustedfromthetournament.去年的NCAA冠军在锦标赛中被淘汰了。
More examples
  • Theyofferedvotersamassiveinducementto oust thepresidentbyannouncingthatsanctionswould beliftedif there was 'democraticchange'.
  • He was ousted from theclubforviolatingitsrules.
  • Traditionalfarmingpatternshave been ousted bymodernmethods.
  • Itprovedimpossibleto oust him frompower.
  • Therebelsareintenton ousting thedictator.
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(Definition ofoustfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

oust| American Dictionary

oust
verb[T]
us
/ɑʊst/
toforcesomeone out of ajoborposition:
Theschoolboardvotedto oust theschoolsuperintendent.

ouster

noun[U]us
/ˈɑʊ·stər/
Shepubliclycalled for his ouster aschairman.
(Definition ofoustfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

oust| Business English

oust
verb[T]
uk
/aʊst/us
WORKPLACE
toforcesomeone toleaveajob,positionofpower,place, etc.:
Shareholderssuccessfullyagitatedto oust the company'schiefexecutivelastsummer.
It is not the firsttimehe has been ousted from acompany.
(Definition ofoustfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoust

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But directors who liked contemporary plays and wanted to stage them from the playwright's point of view were ousted from the big boys' club.
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Those who refused would be robbed or ousted.
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At any rate, they established neither a threshold of oppression nor a procedure toousta derelict leader.
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Before long, they ousted the politician whose support had helped gain the entitlements for the project.
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The higher frequency of help is not due to the fact that it has ousted synonyms such as support or aid.
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This supports the idea that verbal gerunds ousted bare nominal gerunds in this environment.
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Second, the object form you came to be used in the subject function, gradually ousting the older alternative ye from the language.
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However, because these principles are historical, one must go on to investigate the legitimacy of the property claims of those ousted by the settlers.
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The state cooperatives have truly ousted private traders from the market and taken over their positions.
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They sent in police and their bullyboys tooustthe squatters.
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Until it became the nearly universal genitive suffix, it remained a suffix, but once it had ousted all its rivals it was reanalysed as a clitic.
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He was ousted unceremoniously from office.
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The grass steadily grows more rank, and, in the boggy patches where the drainage system seems to have failed, tussocks and rushes have completely ousted the smooth sward.
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Will it be ousted by a cartel of major manufacturers preventing any new manufacturer entering the market?
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On the other hand they may find themselves ousted from a particular locality where the fair has gone on for a century.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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