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　

GRE TEM8

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

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。
He's come to usurp your place here, hasn't he?
他是来夺你的位置对不对？
Ingham resented anyone trying to usurp his authority.
英厄姆憎恨任何企图篡夺他权力的人。
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。
Their greatest goal is to usurp power from the fangs.
他们的最好目标是篡夺。
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。
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。
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。
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。