unseat
动词 v.
英 /(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːt/
美 /ˌʌnˈsit/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To dislodge or remove (someone) from a seat, especially on horseback.
— The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider.
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To remove (someone) from an office or position, especially a political one; to dethrone.
— After having lost her seat to a Tory, she succeeded in unseating him in the next general election.
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To cause (something) to be removed or replaced in its role; to displace, to overturn.
— The Michelson-Morley experiment prompted scientists to unseat their belief in the luminiferous aether.
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To upset the composure of (someone); to astound, to shock, to unsettle.
— The Matrix (1999) utterly unseated audiences around the world with its mind-blowing plot twist.
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To come off or out of a seat.
— We replaced the screws, since the old ones unseated too easily.
词源
From un- (suffix meaning ‘not’) + seat (“to provide with a place to sit”).
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