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

• He viciously killed by the pro-brother, usurped the throne companion, lured by the queen, is still sitting on the throne.
  他狠毒的害死了亲哥哥，篡夺了王兄的王位，又诱骗了王后，高高地坐在王位上。
• That magazine usurped copyrighted material.
  那杂志盗用了版权为他人所有的素材。
• He had usurped powers that properly belonged to parliament.
  他僭越了实际上属于议会的权力。
• 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。
• The technology sector continues to hog the limelight, but Google, the top-ranking brand four years running, has been usurped by Apple.
  科技行业依然风头最健，但曾连续四年位居榜首的谷歌（Google）已经被苹果超过。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。