Game of Thrones · 第 1 季
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unseated
/ʌnˈsiːtɪd/C2
使墜馬 / 罷免 (v.)
由 `un-`(相反)和 `seat`(座位)構成。在馬上比武中指「把對手擊落馬下」;在職場或政治語境裡,常指「把某人拉下馬 / 罷免某人的職位」。
I bet on Ser Jaime in the jousting, as any sane man would.
When the Knight of the Flowers unseated him.
-I lost this dagger. -To whom?
