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unseat

/uhn-seet/US // ʌnˈsit //UK // (ʌnˈsiːt) //

卸任,废除,废除职务,卸下

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
    • : to remove from political office by an elective process, by force, or by legal action: The corrupt mayor was finally unseated.

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Examples

  • That covers just a handful of Republicans, most of whom unseated Democrats in 2020, all of whom were in expensive races.

  • Signal, once a niche messaging service for the privacy-minded, is currently the most downloaded app in the United States, unseating perennially popular social media and gaming apps.

  • In the process, Musk unseated rival Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon who held the world’s richest person position since 2017.

  • From 1986 to this year’s election — a period that covered hundreds of judges’ races — only nine outside challengers have unseated incumbent, appointed judges, according to Maryland’s Administrative Office of the Courts.

  • Which means Ossoff and Warnock will get another chance to unseat these two Senate Republicans in a little under two months.

  • Their first attempt to unseat the House speaker failed miserably, so why not try again?

  • But is it enough to unseat London as the fashion week to watch?

  • In Massachusetts, Baker is making his second bid for office after failing to unseat Gov. Deval Patrick in 2010.

  • The state GOP was desperate to unseat him in its effort to take control of the legislature.

  • Hofstra added that the episode has only added fuel to Tea Partiers looking to unseat the senator.

  • My two big toes placed simultaneously over both his optics caused a halt so abrupt as almost to unseat me.

  • In response he first plunged violently, then kicked, then reared, finally slewing round so quickly as nearly to unseat me.

  • The winged horse snorted, and shook with anger, and tried to unseat his rider by every258 trick known to equine ingenuity.

  • Roger's fat horse no longer tried to unseat its rider or its pack, but seemed to be the most downhearted of the train.

  • To give Tom, Dick and Harry the power to unseat these monarchs at will is said to be dangerously socialistic; and possibly it is.