The legislative body had voted to oust the country's onetime rulers.是什么意思？

The legislative body had voted to oust the country's onetime rulers.

立法机构通过投票将该国的前度领导人赶下了台。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

legislative

adj. （关于）立法的，立法决定的，有权立法的，用以立法的，立法机构的；n. 立法权，立法机关；

例句
They argue that the commission should risk courting unpopularity and push on with its legislative programmes.
他们认为委员会应该甘冒不受欢迎的风险来推进其立法项目。

body

n. 身体，尸体，团体，物体；vt. 赋予形体；

例句
...drugs which will fool the body into accepting transplants.
能使身体顺利接受移植器官的药物

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

voted

表决的；

例句
The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder...
议会于翌年表决对谋杀罪废除死刑。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

oust

vt. 驱逐，罢黜，取代，剥夺；

例句
The president has gone along with the hardliners lest they be tempted to oust him...
总统同意了强硬派的意见，以免他们产生赶他下台的念头。

onetime

vt. 驱逐，罢黜，取代，剥夺；

例句
The legislative body had voted to oust the country's onetime rulers.
立法机构通过投票将该国的前度领导人赶下了台。

rulers

n. 尺( ruler的名词复数 )，直尺，统治者，支配者；

例句
It was the country's rulers who devised this system...
是该国的执政者创造了这一体制。