depose
动词 v.
英 /dɪˈpəʊz/
美 /diˈpoʊz/|/dəˈpoʊz/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
— additional mud deposed upon it
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To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
— A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
- To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
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To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer.
— After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
- To take or swear an oath.
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To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
— to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands
词汇关系
词源
Recorded since c.1300, from Middle English, from Old French deposer, from de- (“down”) + poser (“to put, place”). Deposition (1494 in the legal sense) belongs to deposit, but that related word and depose became thoroughly confused.
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