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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
•   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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。