usurp: [14] Etymologically, to usurp something is probably to ‘seize it for one’s own use’. The word comes via Old French usurper from Latin ūsūrpāre, which may have been formed from the noun ūsus ‘use’ (source of English use) and rapere ‘seize’ (source of English rape, rapture, ravish, etc). => rape, rapture, ravish, use
usurp (v.)
early 14c., from Old French usurper "to (wrongfully) appropriate" (14c.), from Latin usurpare "make use of, seize for use," in later Latin "to assume unlawfully, trespass on," from usus "a use" (see use (v.)) + rapere "to seize" (see rapid (adj.)). Related: Usurped; usurping.
雙語例句
1. Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?
她取代了他在他母親心目中的地位嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
2. The vice - president is trying to usurp the president's authority.
副總統想要奪取總統的權力.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The Congress wants to reverse the reforms and usurp the power of the presidency.
議會企圖顛覆改革，奪取總統權力。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Industrialism began to usurp the production and distribution functions of the family.
工業化生產已開始篡奪家庭生產和分配的功能.
來自辭典例句
5. The king's bastard plotted to usurp the throne.