When people try to unseat a person who is in an important job or position, they try to remove him or her from that job or position.
例句
It is still not clear who was behind Sunday's attempt to unseat the President...目前还不清楚星期天发动的企图推翻总统的行动的幕后指使人是谁。Only two US representatives were unseated.只有两位美国代表被免职。
VERB
使从马上摔下
If a horse unseats its rider, it causes him or her to fall off.
例句
Crystal Spirit unseated his rider in the Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury...在纽伯里举行的伯克郡障碍赛中“水玉精灵”把骑师掀了下来。She was unseated on her first ride.她第一次骑马就从马上摔了下来。
英汉词典释义
vt.
(马)把(骑手)摔下来
夺去(议员等的)席位,革除(职位);使失去资格
The opposition tried to unseat the government.反对党试图推翻政府。
英英词典释义
Verb
1. remove from political office;
"The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat"