1590s, "to throw down from a seat" (especially on horseback), from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + seat (v.). Meaning "to deprive of rank or office" is attested from 1610s; especially of elected office in a representative body from 1834. Related: Unseated; unseating.
雙語例句
1. The opposition tried to unseat the government.
反對黨試圖推翻政府.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. It is still not clear who was behind Sunday's attempt to unseat the President.