defenestration

/dee-fen-uh-strey-shuhn/US // diˌfɛn əˈstreɪ ʃən //UK // (diːˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən) //

拆除,隔离,隔离审查,隔离墙

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window: The defenestration of the Catholic commissioners in Prague precipitated the Thirty Years’ War.
- : the act of suddenly removing someone from an important position or office:When the new corporate board was voted in, there was a massive defenestration of high-level executives.

Geddie, for his part, fought his defenestration but ultimately accepted defeat.
In this part of the Hradcany, also, is the old council chamber, the scene of the famous defenestration of 1618.
Many of the stormy meetings of the Bohemian nobles that preceded the defenestration of 1618 were held here.
A tablet stating that the defenestration had been planned here was placed on this house, but almost immediately removed.
The defenestration, in fact, only precipitated a conflict that was in any case inevitable.
Slavata immediately resolved on refuting this work, written by the originator of the defenestration.