| 词汇 | usurper |
| 释义 | usurper noun[ C ] uk /juːˈzɜː.pər//juːˈsɜː.pər/ us /juːˈsɝː.pɚ//juːˈzɝː.pɚ/ a person who usurps(= takes control of) something, especially a position of power, without having the right: 篡位者 Power was seized by a brutal usurper.一个残暴的篡位者攫取了权力。 He was considered a tyrant and usurper by his opponents.他被对手视为暴君和篡位者。 See usurp He was far ahead of all other dictators and usurpers when it came to portraying himself as a national hero. He united a divided empire by defeating usurpers who were tearing the empire apart. He throws away the chance to kill the usurper who stole the throne that is rightly his. Politics - general words anti-capitalism anti-capitalist anti-communism anti-communist anti-fascism interparty interpellate interpellation interventionist lab on message Orwellian overstep parliament party politics spill statesman statesmanlike stateswoman subsidiarity Examples of usurperusurper A usurper is climbing the steps to the throne, and he promises changes. The first hunter brings suit against the usurper. Since the rules of succession stipulated that only members of the ancestral line could inherit the throne, he faced a dilemma in writing about the usurper. Thus, whether it is agricultural land or forestland, the usurpers gained private property rights with the collusion of the state, at the expense of the traditional indigenous rights holders. Has the usurper done anything wrong? Colonists are not, therefore, usurpers but potential benefactors—and the only possible benefactors if raising the standard of living is to be our aim. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rights of the common man seem to be giving way to the privileges of the uncommon usurpers of liberty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The owners of the stolen oil, the usurpers of the property of widows and orphans, have become complete robbers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, they are illegally imposed by usurpers of fundamental human rights. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This is why, by doing it, you have become usurpers. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I admit that we were usurpers at that time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In both versions he was the legitimate heir apparent and as such a potential danger to his usurper uncle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His reign marks the inauguration of a new historical phase following the turmoil of the competing claims of the seven usurpers who preceded him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The figures represent two of the king's soldiers, the king himself standing over a fallen usurper and captives of several nations possibly dissidents, or co-conspirators. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He engages in guerrilla tactics that eventually bring down the mercenary usurpers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of usurper These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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