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.
双语例句
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？
来自柯林斯例句
2. The vice - president is trying to usurp the president's authority.
副总统想要夺取总统的权力.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
4. 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.
来自辞典例句
5. The king's bastard plotted to usurp the throne.
