depose

动词 v.
/dɪˈpəʊz/    /diˈpoʊz/|/dəˈpoʊz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away. literally,transitive
    — additional mud deposed upon it
  2. To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them). transitive
    — A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
  3. To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition. intransitive
  4. To interrogate and elicit testimony from during a deposition, typically by a lawyer. transitive
    — After we deposed the claimant we had enough evidence to avoid a trial.
  5. To take or swear an oath. intransitive
  6. To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.
    — to depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands

词形变化

deposes present,singular,third-person deposing participle,present deposed participle,past deposed past

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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