usurped

英 [juːˈzɜːpt]

美 [juːˈzɜːrpt]

v.  篡夺; 侵权
usurp的过去分词和过去式

过去式：usurped　

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。

双语例句

• Wealth is a power usurped by the few, to compel the many to labour for their benefit.
  财富是少数人占有的，为了自身利益，驱使多数人劳动的力量。
• Usurped by motorcars like beetles black enveloped in a swirl of yellow dust;
  只有甲虫样的汽车卷起一片黄尘；
• Sony is struggling to reinvent itself after being usurped in TVs and digital music players.
  索尼公司在失去电视机以及电子音乐播放器老大位置之后，一直努力开发新的产品。
• It will especially ring true for those with younger siblings who may be scared that their position in the family will be usurped.
  它特别是叮咛在现实生活中对于那些也许地位可能被年纪比较小的兄弟姊妹所夺取的小孩。
• I dared hardly lift my eyes from the page before me, that melancholy scene so instantly usurped its place.
  我的眼睛刚刚敢从我面前的书页上抬起来，用幅忧郁的景象立刻侵占了书本上的位置。
• That magazine usurped copyrighted material.
  那杂志盗用了版权为他人所有的素材。
• The G8 claimed to be an informal discussion club, but the G20 has usurped power over global financial governance.
  8自称为非正式的讨论俱乐部，但它却攫取了全球金融治理方面的权力。
• Our government was usurped by the central bankers and the power elite in1913 with the establishment of the federal reserve.
  我们政府在1913年成立美联储的时候就被中央银行和权力精英侵占了。
• The powers of local councils are being usurped by central government.
  地方市政会的权力被中央政府攫取了。
• In other cities, the open spaces have been usurped by commerce-tent markets which fill every inch town square.
  在其它城市，空地被挪为商用，帐篷式的市场填满了城镇广场的每个角落。