oust
英[a?st]
美[a?st]
- vt. 驅逐；剝奪；取代
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?ousts;過去式:?ousted;過去分詞:?ousted;現在分詞:?ousting;
助記提示
1. ob- "against, before" + st- => obst- "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block, hinder".
2. obst- => ost- "dispel" (Old French) => oust (o -> ou).
中文詞源
oust 剝奪，罷免
來自古法語oster,驅逐，趕走，來自拉丁語obstare,站在對面，阻止，阻礙，來自ob-,相對，對著的，-st,站，站立，詞源同stand.引申詞義剝奪，罷免。詞義演變比較obviate.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The legislative body had voted to oust the country's onetime rulers.
- 立法機構通過投票將該國的前度領導人趕下了臺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The president has gone along with the hardliners lest they be tempted to oust him.
- 總統同意了強硬派的意見，以免他們產生趕他下臺的念頭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Last week they tried to oust him in a parliamentary vote of no confidence.
- 上周，他們試圖通過議會的不信任投票將他罷免。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Baby cuckoos oust other baby birds from their nests.
- 布谷鳥的雛鳥把其他鳥的雛鳥逐出巢外.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Take care that quantity does not oust quality.
- 注意不要一味追求數量而忽視質量.
來自辭典例句