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词汇 arrogating
释义 arrogating
present participle ofarrogate
arrogate
verb[ T ]
 formaluk /ˈær.ə.ɡeɪt/ us /ˈer.ə.ɡeɪt/
to take something without having the right to do so: 霸占;擅取;妄称
They arrogate to themselves the power to punish people.他们擅权惩罚别人。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Capturing or taking possession of things
-grabbing
apprehend
apprehension
arrogate
at bayidiom
cage
capture
clutch
collar
get/lay/put your hands on someoneidiom
grab
grabber
grasp at something
recover
repossess
seize
sequester
sequestration
snag
snatch

Examples of arrogating


arrogating

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


She viewed him as silently arrogating to himself the status of head of the household, while demoting her to that of a mere dependent.
They are always arrogating to themselves the name of the people.
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To be fair, the shadow spokesmen are arrogating to themselves other responsibilities, such as measuring the dimensions of council house passageways.
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This is arrogating to civil servants far too important a position.
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First, he suggested that my right honourable friend was arrogating to himself decisions about day-to-day running of the railways.
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It is about opposing any state arrogating to itself the right to annex land.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The scientists have been criticised for arrogating to themselves the powers of government.
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The first was, he said, that we were arrogating to ourselves the control of taxation.
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I am not arrogating superior knowledge nor apportioning blame.
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Therefore, in my judgment, he is arrogating to himself a right which he does not possess.
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If nothing else, they should be able to speak for themselves, rather than having others arrogating decisions on their behalf.
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He is arrogating nothing to himself.
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I mean that the court is powerful in spreading its tentacles rather than in arrogating to itself, which it cannot do, additional constitutional powers under the statute.
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They are usually concerned solely with arrogating to their founders the outward symbols of statehood.
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He was denounced by supporters of prohibition for his ineffectiveness at enforcing it, and by its opponents for arrogating to himself the powers of a czar.
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