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

• Then Kellogg usurped Tuck, after Grant visited the school in Evanston, Ill., and had his interview.
  然后，格兰特前往伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿，对凯洛格商学院进行了考察，并参加了该学院的面试，这一次，凯洛格夺走了塔克商学院在格兰特心中的位置。
• However, Tian Chengzi someday killed the King of Qi and then usurped his throne.
  然而，有一天，田成子将齐王杀死，窃取了他的王位。
•   When I started writing about Whitehall for the FT my column was full of stories about how civil servants had been sidelined under Labour, their role as advisers usurped by a few prime ministerial cronies.
  当我开始为英国《金融时报》撰写有关白厅的报道时，我的专栏里满是有关工党执政时期公务员是如何受到冷落的报道，他们作为顾问的角色被一小撮首相的密友们所篡夺。
• Also commentary on how the power of Japanese cartoon Hello Kitty has usurped power from actual political leader.
  日本卡通人物凯蒂猫的影响力如何压过真正的政治领导人物，该幅画也是针对这种现象的一种诠释。
• 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。
• But the holdouts are betting that their orthodoxy could win them customers who are outraged that the family holiday is being usurped by consumerism.
  但是抵制者们认为，坚持正统将使它们赢得那些因家庭假日被消费主义侵袭而义愤填膺的顾客。
• 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。
• Witnesses said that relations between the two cats have been strained since Freya usurped Larry from his role of prowling the corridors of power.
  目击者说，自从弗莱娅夺取了拉里在首相府台阶上巡逻的职务后，两只猫的关系就变得越来越紧张。
• After Wang Mang usurped the throne, based on the Confucian policies to run the country, he carried out a series of measures to change the political and economic systems.
  摘要王莽篡汉后，依照儒家理想主义的治国方针，推行了一系列的改制措施。
• 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。