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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A white, dull light fell from a large window, with tiny panes, on the left, which usurped the whole width of the room.
  一片暗淡的白光从左边的一大扇小方格玻璃窗里透进来，窗子和屋子一般宽，我们看时，看不见一个人；
• Vision has been badly usurped upon all of earth and not just along our surface.
  灵视力已在地球所有地方被严重篡夺，不仅是我们地表。
• That magazine usurped copyrighted material.
  那杂志盗用了版权为他人所有的素材。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.
  被我篡夺王位的兄弟，我将会把他杀了，而不是囚禁在地牢中某个被遗忘的角。