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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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

• 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！
• Their greatest goal is to usurp power from the fangs.
  他们的最好目标是篡夺。
• Indra worried that this powerful sage would one day want to usurp the position of king of heaven.
  他担心这位强有力的圣哲有一天会篡夺天帝的位置。
• But even if it could usurp the dollar's role as the world's currency, it will not replicate the American set-up.
  但即使可以替代美元成为世界货币，它也无法重现美国对该地位的运用。
• 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。
• He attempted to usurp the principal's authority.
  他企图僭越校长的权力。
• 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。
• 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。
• He became so ambitious that he finally plotted to usurp the throne.
  他的野心越来越大，最后甚至密谋要篡夺皇位。
• 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？