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

• 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。
• Take the quot; Gang of Four quot; as an example of a group of zealots who attempted to usurp power to serve their own purposes.
  以四人帮为例，他们是一群企图篡权为自己的目的服务的狂热者。
• As time goes on, the eurozone will usurp the EU.
  随着时间的推移，欧元区将逐渐取代欧盟的位置。
• I did not usurp power," he wrote," but Idid greatly broaden the use of executive power.
  他写道：我不会越权，但我应该在我的权力范围内为最大程度地利用它。
• As to the temporary divorce from my old self and the concealing of my identity, I hate to usurp all those designations though other people may think otherwise.
  再说与自己暂时脱离关系，换上他人的身分，虽然人家不大爱惜名气，我可不愿滥用那些名气。
• With the ecstatic crowd chanting his name Putin warned against people who wanted to destroy Russias statehood and usurp power.
  欢腾的支持者们欢呼着普京的名字。普京警告那些妄图破坏俄罗斯国家地位和篡夺政权的分子阴谋不会得逞。
• Many career men and the big powers around your country are ready to usurp your position at any time. Therefore, you feel unsafe.
  许多野心家、临近的强国等，都无时无刻不在想着夺取您的位子，您当然不会有安全感了！
• Concurrently, her father and husband covertly conspired to usurp her throne.
  而与此同时，胡安娜的父亲与丈夫私底下共谋篡夺她的皇位。
• Powerful entities threaten reality's foundation as they seek to usurp the Raven Queen's position.
  强大的存在威胁著真实的基础，他们正图谋篡夺鸦后的位置。
• 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。