depose

🇬🇧/dɪˈpəʊz/ 🇺🇸/dɪˈpoʊz/VCE📚 16609 1托福
If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position. 罢免

verb [vt. 及物动词]免职;作证;废黜

King Charles I was deposed from the English throne in 1646.
在1646年,英国国王查理一世被废黜。

verb [vi. 不及物动词]宣誓作证

A witness must depose to such facts as are within his own knowledge.
证人必须宣誓证明他所知道的事实。

-pos- Pos, posit=put, 表示“放”"depose v. 免职;沉淀(de 去掉+pose 放,职位→去掉职位 →免职;de 下去+pose→放下去→沉淀)
de(向下) + pos(放) + e → (将人)向下放 → 革除, 罢免
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