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

• The United Nations agency said cybersquatting was shifting from individual web addresses being usurped, usually with a view to reselling them at a profit to the trademark owner, to the large-scale registration of addresses aimed at generating advertising revenues.
  该机构表示，域名抢注行为正从抢注单个网址（其目的往往是将它们转售给商标所有者，以期从中牟利），转向旨在创造广告收入的大规模网址注册。
• 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；
•   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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。