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vt. 剥夺...的席位, 使失去资格, 使退位, 罢免, 使去职, 使退职



    unseat
    [ verb ]
    1. remove from political office

    2. <verb.social>
      The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat
    3. dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse

    4. <verb.contact>


    Unseat \Un*seat"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + seat.]
    1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat. --Cowper.

    2. Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a
    legislative body, as for fraud in election. --Macaulay.

    1. Some political analysts say that Mr. Rocca and other powerful industrialists tried to unseat Mr. Sourrouille and his team last winter when the government began a drive to change the country's deeply ingrained economic ways.
    2. His resignation might look like a good thing for the conservatives, since the CDU had been trying to unseat the mayor for years.
    3. Marvin Davis launched his proxy fight to unseat the board of directors at Northwest Airlines' parent company despite a conflict with the state commerce commissioner, who is threatening to block Davis' tender offer in Minnesota.
    4. In 1986, Michigan Republican William Lucas failed to unseat Democratic Gov. James J. Blanchard.
    5. Customer complaints about late and incorrect bills are headaches that no company trying to unseat AT&T can afford.
    6. Two new polls indicate that Democrat Lawton Chiles is leading in his attempt to unseat Republican Gov. Bob Martinez.
    7. Still, Mr. Moss believes that talking about the canal will be just the thing to unseat Mr. Stump.
    8. Whitehall refused to meet with Cambridge to negotiate terms and said it would "vigorously oppose" Cambridge's effort to unseat its board.
    9. The agreement resolves, at least temporarily, a battle that began last May when Dynamics Corp. launched a tender offer for 17% of CTS, as well as a proxy contest to unseat the company's board.
    10. Four members of the nine-strong board - who are also of the Clark family and sought to unseat the chairman and a director last year - are likely to object to the sale.
    11. Wilder was appearing around the state Friday and Saturday to campaign for Don Avenson, the Democrat seeking to unseat Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, and other candidates.
    12. Mostly, they say, it represents one more low-budget attempt to bail out a failing campaign to unseat Gen.
    13. The Hard Rock Cafe still appears to top the charts, but four newcomers are hoping to unseat the progenitor of rock restaurants.
    14. Coniston announced Monday it was joining with United Airlines' three unions in a fight using shareholder ballots to unseat UAL's directors and buy the company for more than $3.8 billion.
    15. For ABC Sports announcer Al Michaels, the arrival of Brent Musburger from CBS this spring was nothing to worry about, although there was speculation that Musberger might unseat Michaels as ABC's top announcer.
    16. The last thing local officials want is for roving bands of Red Guards to unseat and publicly humiliate them.
    17. Loftus has said he intends to make abortion a key issue in his bid to unseat Thompson.
    18. Martin, who gave up her House seat to make an unsuccessful bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Paul Simon, has been given a lifetime voting score of 29 percent by the AFL-CIO.
    19. However Heseltine has repeatedly said he won't participate in the campaign to unseat Mrs. Thatcher, although he has not indicated whether he will cast a ballot or abstain Tuesday.
    20. It will be his first run for public office, and he'll face two or three other strong Democrats for the right to try to unseat Republican Terry Branstad.
    21. In 1988, he waged an unsuccessful proxy battle at Texaco Inc., hoping to unseat the oil company's board and force a restructuring to boost Texaco's stock price.
    22. But in recent weeks, Lafontaine has clearly stated he was willing to try to unseat Kohl.
    23. Peres came under attack mainly from four party officials and Cabinet ministers who have already announced or indicated intentions to try to unseat him at the party's convention in 1990.
    24. Also Thursday, Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin picked up a key endorsement amid growing signs he may be able to unseat Finance Minister Shimon Peres as leader of the left-leaning Labor Party.
    25. But most believe it will be an uphill climb for any Democrat to unseat Gregg.
    26. Michael Dukakis carried a slim lead into Tuesday's presidential election, but fellow Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey III appeared to have fallen short in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Dave Durenberger.
    27. Mr. Walesa's underdog, anti-establishment and street-fighter style may have been just the thing to unseat the communists.
    28. Grossman's officials couldn't be reached for comment. Earlier this year, the Shidler-Holman group launched an unsuccessful bid to unseat Grossman's board.
    29. Political pundits, including outgoing Republican Gov. James R. Thompson, insist it will be difficult to unseat Daley whether she runs as a Democrat or as an independent.
    30. Cambridge also said that while it questions the proxy tabulations, it acknowledged that it didn't receive the votes needed to unseat Whitehall's board.
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