usurp / yuˈsɜrp, -ˈzɜrp /

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usurp2 个定义

v. 有主动词 verb
  1. to seize and hold by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
  2. to use without authority or right; employ wrongfully: The magazine usurped copyrighted material.
v. 无主动词 verb
  1. to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc.; encroach.

usurp 近义词

v. 动词 verb

take over

更多usurp例句

  1. Howard has usurped the 2017-18 Missouri Tigers as the worst team by percentage of previous-season wins to land a five-star recruit.
  2. There’s no shortage of stories of brands losing control on Amazon, from counterfeit sellers usurping their sales, to Amazon launching competing products of its own.
  3. Others, such as streaming usurping linear TV’s position among audiences and advertisers, may not become apparent for at least another year.
  4. Instagram may have the upper hand at the moment as the more established platform, but as the platform establishing a more direct way for creators to make money, TikTok has an opportunity to usurp Instagram’s position.
  5. Less than a month later, Brett Mastrangelo attempted to usurp McConaughy’s record but had to call it quits two days in because of a leg injury.
  6. The Constitutional Court is “absolutely part of the old guard trying to usurp power,” he tells The Daily Beast.
  7. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
  8. Makes you wonder why conservatives care so much who sits on the Supreme Court—since they seem determined to usurp its job.
  9. “It would be very difficult for her to come out and usurp power at this point,” he said.
  10. Ignorance would take the place of learning, and slavery would usurp the domain of liberty.
  11. Man will no longer try to usurp the place of God, and persecute his fellow mortal on religious grounds.
  12. "I am going to usurp your assumed right to start this little private conversation, Akar Hekalu," he told him.
  13. These events, although in themselves important and interesting, would usurp a disproportionate place in this history.
  14. The architect employed in this famous structure, fell upon the following contrivance to usurp the whole glory to himself.