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usurp usurer usually usual

usurp
[英] [ju:ˈsɜ:p, -ˈzɜ:p] [美] [juˈsə:p, -ˈzə:p] 生词本

vt.

vi.

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1. VERB 夺取；篡夺；侵占 If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. 

  • 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？

  • 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。

Verb

1. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession;

  • "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"
  • "he usurped my rights"
  • "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

2. take the place of;

  • "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke"

法律

  • 1.篡权
1. The vice-president is trying to usurp the president's authority.
副总统想要夺取总统的权力。

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