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

• 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。
• 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。
• IV usurped the throne of england.
  亨利四世篡夺了英国的王位。
• Also commentary on how the power of Japanese cartoon Hello Kitty has usurped power from actual political leader.
  日本卡通人物凯蒂猫的影响力如何压过真正的政治领导人物，该幅画也是针对这种现象的一种诠释。
• After Wang Mang usurped the throne, based on the Confucian policies to run the country, he carried out a series of measures to change the political and economic systems.
  摘要王莽篡汉后，依照儒家理想主义的治国方针，推行了一系列的改制措施。
• He had usurped powers that properly belonged to parliament.
  他僭越了实际上属于议会的权力。
• 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。
• Our government was usurped by the central bankers and the power elite in1913 with the establishment of the federal reserve.
  我们政府在1913年成立美联储的时候就被中央银行和权力精英侵占了。
• 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。
• 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。