oust
英 [a?st]
美[a?st]
- vt. 驱逐；剥夺；取代
CET6TEM8IELTSGRETOEFL中低频词常用词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?ousts;过去式:?ousted;过去分词:?ousted;现在分词:?ousting;
助记提示
1. ob- "against, before" + st- => obst- "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block, hinder".
2. obst- => ost- "dispel" (Old French) => oust (o -> ou).
2. obst- => ost- "dispel" (Old French) => oust (o -> ou).
中文词源
oust 剥夺，罢免
来自古法语oster,驱逐，赶走，来自拉丁语obstare,站在对面，阻止，阻碍，来自ob-,相对，对着的，-st,站，站立，词源同stand.引申词义剥夺，罢免。词义演变比较obviate.
英文词源
- oust
- oust: see obstetric
- oust (v.)
- early 15c., from Anglo-French oster (late 13c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ?ter), 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" (see stet). Related: Ousted; ousting.
双语例句
- 1. The legislative body had voted to oust the country's onetime rulers.
- 立法机构通过投票将该国的前度领导人赶下了台。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The president has gone along with the hardliners lest they be tempted to oust him.
- 总统同意了强硬派的意见，以免他们产生赶他下台的念头。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Baby cuckoos oust other baby birds from their nests.
- 布谷鸟的雏鸟把其他鸟的雏鸟逐出巢外.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Take care that quantity does not oust quality.
- 注意不要一味追求数量而忽视质量.
来自辞典例句