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usurp

/yoo-surp, -zurp/US // yuˈsɜrp, -ˈzɜrp //UK // (juːˈzɜːp) //

侵占,篡夺,僭越,篡改

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Definitions

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbtake over
Forms: usurped

Examples

  • Howard has usurped the 2017-18 Missouri Tigers as the worst team by percentage of previous-season wins to land a five-star recruit.

  • 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.

  • Others, such as streaming usurping linear TV’s position among audiences and advertisers, may not become apparent for at least another year.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The Constitutional Court is “absolutely part of the old guard trying to usurp power,” he tells The Daily Beast.

  • But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

  • Makes you wonder why conservatives care so much who sits on the Supreme Court—since they seem determined to usurp its job.

  • “It would be very difficult for her to come out and usurp power at this point,” he said.

  • Ignorance would take the place of learning, and slavery would usurp the domain of liberty.

  • Man will no longer try to usurp the place of God, and persecute his fellow mortal on religious grounds.

  • "I am going to usurp your assumed right to start this little private conversation, Akar Hekalu," he told him.

  • These events, although in themselves important and interesting, would usurp a disproportionate place in this history.

  • The architect employed in this famous structure, fell upon the following contrivance to usurp the whole glory to himself.