usurp meaning in English
vt.
篡夺,侵占,盗用;强夺。 usurp state (government) power 篡政。 usurp the throne 篡夺王位。 usurp the name of... 盗用…的名义。 a usurped beard 假胡须。
vi.
〔罕用语〕篡夺,篡位;侵占,侵犯;侵害 (up; upon)。
n.
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篡夺者;篡位者,侵占者。
Examples
- You must not allow it to usurp a disproportionate share of your interest .
你不应让它过多地占据你的兴趣。 - But you must not allow it to usurp a disproportionate share of your interest .
但你不应让它过多地占据你的兴趣。 - Industrialism began to usurp the production and distribution functions of the family .
工业化生产已开始篡夺家庭生产和分配的功能。 - The expression "social engineering" has been usurped by the utopianist without a shadow of light .
“社会工程”这个词已被乌托邦主义者毫无理由地盗用了。 - Because claudius usurped his father ' s throne
因为克劳迪亚斯篡夺了他爸爸的王权