oust是什么意思,oust怎么用
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📰 外刊例句
The last objective, control, is key to Mr Musk, who in 2000 was ousted as the boss of PayPal, an internet-payments firm he co-founded. 最后一个目标——控制权,对马斯克而言是关键所在。他曾参与创立互联网支付公司PayPal,却在2000年被赶出管理层。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place
[动词] 把(某人)从某个位置或地方赶出去或驱逐出去
💡 深入解读
Oust 是一个与熟词 out 十分形似的单词,该词源自拉丁语obstare(站在面前、站在对面、相对、挡住),15世纪初经古法语oster(去除、拿走、拿掉;驱逐、驱散;解放、释放)以及英国法语oster,ouster进入英语开始表示“驱逐、革职、罢黜”,多指通过行使武力或必要的强制措施将某人从某个位置或地方赶出去或驱逐出去,但也包括行使法律赋予的权力合法地剥夺某人对某物的占用,
比如:
The rebels had waged a guerrilla war for five years and finally managed to oust the government from power.反叛者打了五年的游击战争,最后总算推翻了政府。
The politician who embodied the hopes of black youth was ousted from office by a vote from members of his own party.这位代表黑人青年希望的政治家被他自己党内的成员投票表决赶下台。
Take care that quantity does not oust quality.一般来说,把某人从某个位置或地方赶出去或驱逐出去之后,空出来的位置或地方都是有人取而代之的。从这个概念出发, oust 也可以进一步用来表示“取代”,往往意味着强行取而代之,比如:注意不要一味追求数量而忽视质量。
📚 名著用例
She would never forgive Connie for ousting her from her union in consciousness with her brother. 她永远不能宽恕康妮,因为康妮拆散了她和她弟弟的深切的团结。
— 出自《英国作家D·H·劳伦斯创作的最后一部长篇小说《查泰莱夫人的情人》( Lady Chatterley's Lover )。》
🔍 同近义词
- topple: cause to become unsteady and fall
- expel: deprive (someone) of membership of or involvement in a school or other organization
- eject: compel (someone) to leave a place

