usurp

英 [juːˈzɜːp]

美 [juːˈzɜːrp]

v.  篡夺; 侵权

过去分词：usurped　现在分词：usurping　过去式：usurped　第三人称单数：usurps　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14267 / COCA.15488

牛津词典

verb

• 篡夺；侵权
  to take sb's position and/or power without having the right to do this

柯林斯词典

• VERB 夺取；篡夺；侵占
  If you say that someoneusurpsa job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this.
  1. Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?...
     她取代了他在他母亲心目中的地位吗？
  2. The Congress wants to reverse the reforms and usurp the power of the presidency.
     议会企图颠覆改革，夺取总统权力。

英英释义

verb

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
  1. He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
  2. he usurped my rights
  3. She seized control of the throne after her husband died
  Synonym:assumeseizetake overarrogate
• take the place of
  1. gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke

双语例句

• Would not a ringfence be a power any self-respecting banking Union would want to usurp?
  试问一个有尊严的银行业联盟不会想着把圈护的权力攥在手中吗？
• Critics say such councils usurp the power of elected municipal governments.
  批评家表示，这种委员会侵犯了选举产生的市政府的权力。
• Java indeed is beginning to usurp the standard network operating environment.
  实际上，Java已开始篡夺标准的网络操作系统。
• Industrialism began to usurp the production and distribution functions of the family.
  工业化生产已开始篡夺家庭生产和分配的功能。
• But you must not allow it to usurp a disproportionate share of your interest.
  但你不应让它过多地占据你的兴趣。
• Breast cancer cells usurp this process for invasion and metastasis.
  乳腺癌细胞为了浸润和转移而可破坏这个过程。
• Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?
  她取代了他在他母亲心目中的地位吗？
• At present it takes the form of a struggle between Chiang Kai-shek who is trying to usurp the fruits of victory of the War of Resistance and ourselves who oppose his usurpation.
  目前这个斗争表现为蒋介石要篡夺抗战胜利果实和我们反对他的篡夺的斗争。
• That is, if Goering, on learning of the Fuehrer's death, did not try to usurp the throne.
  这是说，如果戈林在得悉元首去世的消息后不设法篡位的话。
• In a flash the evil intent of the vice-president to usurp power hit the president between the eyes.
  一霎那间，副总统篡权的罪恶意图给总统当头一棒。