Oust



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.强迫出去;把...赶走
• ［英］ v.强迫出去;把...赶走 ( expel; force out)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French oster, ouster to take off, remove, oust, from Late Latin obstare to ward off, from Latin, to stand in the way, from ob- in the way + stare to stand — more at ob-, stand
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
  • b. to take away (as a right or authority) ; bar, remove
• 2. to take the place of ; supplant
• Synonyms: see eject

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