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

• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• The powers of local councils are being usurped by central government.
  地方市政会的权力被中央政府攫取了。
• He had usurped powers that properly belonged to parliament.
  他僭越了实际上属于议会的权力。
• US President Barack Obama proclaimed America had usurped China as the world's No 1 investment destination, a bold statement that left some economists scratching their heads.
  美国总统奥巴马声称美国已经取代中国成为世界首选投资目的地，这一大胆言论让一些经济学家莫名其妙。
• He's made numerous visits to D.C.over the years as Google gradually usurped Microsoft as Washington's antitrust scrutiny target of choice.
  他多年来为谷歌逐步剥夺作为华盛顿的首选目标，微软反垄断调查，对区多次访问。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。