de·pose
verb/dɪˈpəʊz/
/dɪˈpəʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they depose | /dɪˈpəʊz/ /dɪˈpəʊz/ |
| he / she / it deposes | /dɪˈpəʊzɪz/ /dɪˈpəʊzɪz/ |
| past simple deposed | /dɪˈpəʊzd/ /dɪˈpəʊzd/ |
| past participle deposed | /dɪˈpəʊzd/ /dɪˈpəʊzd/ |
| -ing form deposing | /dɪˈpəʊzɪŋ/ /dɪˈpəʊzɪŋ/ |
- depose somebody to remove somebody, especially a political leader, from power
罢免；废黜 - The president was deposed in a military coup.
总统在军事政变中被废黜。
Extra Examples- He joined a rebellion to depose the repressive regime.
他参加了推翻专制政权的叛乱。 - Rallies in support of the deposed president have been taking place across the country.
全国各地都在举行支持被废黜总统的集会。 - The left-wing government was eventually deposed by a right-wing junta.
左翼政府最终被右翼军政府推翻。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDepose is used with these nouns as the object:- king
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French deposer, from Latin deponere, from de- ‘down’ + ponere ‘place’, but influenced by Latin depositus and Old French poser ‘to place’. - The president was deposed in a military coup.