usurp

来自拉丁语usurpare,擅自使用，篡夺，usus,使用，词源同use,-rpare, 抓住，词源同rapture.

usurp

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.

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 vice - president is trying to usurp the president's authority.

副总统想要夺取总统的权力.

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。

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.

5. The king's bastard plotted to usurp the throne.

国王的庶子阴谋篡夺王位.