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deposed

/dih-pohzd/US // dɪˈpoʊzd //

被废黜,被废黜的,被废除的,被废止的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : removed from high office or position:The musical was a political satire about a deposed king and queen forced to go incognito in their own country.
    • : Law. examined under oath, sometimes with the resulting statement taken down in writing and used in court in place of spoken testimony:Only two of the deposed witnesses directly indicated personal knowledge of the alleged trip.

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Examples

  • Sullivan demanded answers and said DeJoy would need to be either deposed or made to testify under oath in front of Sullivan.

  • Schottel has also deposed the new chief, Thomas Jackson, who took over in 2010.

  • Yet Avakov does not appear worried about lingering support for the deposed leader.

  • Or because he supported the deposed King Richard II rather than the usurper Henry Bolingbroke?

  • He complained that he had been deposed by a “coup” in an apparent bid for intervention by Russia.

  • Deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was sequestered in highly unusual fashion during his trials this weekend.

  • The deposed ruler plotted and planned all kinds of schemes whereby he might be restored to his old position of authority.

  • He laid claim to some of the territories of the pope, by whom he was excommunicated and deposed.

  • The officers had either fled or been deposed by their men, and such few as remained were held "suspect."

  • Since the English deposed the native sovereign, the palace has been inhabited by the English resident, or governor.

  • Myles deposed, in 1592, that henceforth Burbage "would not suffer her to meddle in the premises, but thrust her out of all."