每日一词【1051】Unseat：赶下台，取代

今天我们要学的词是unseat。 Unseat, 有赶下台，或是取代的意思。 "The veteran Congressman¹ was unseated by a political newcomer in the election," 这名老资格的国会议员在选举中被一个政界新手取而代之了。 "Google phones unseated Blackberry as the top selling smartphones in the U.S. market in the second quarter," 谷歌电话第二季度取代黑莓，成为美国市场上销量最高的智能手机。根据官方数据， "China unseated Japan as the world's second largest economy, behind the United States," 中国取代日本，成为世界第二大经济体，排在美国后面。好的，今天我们学习的词是unseat...

1 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。