power grab
noun[C]
uk/ˈpaʊə ˌɡræb/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ ˌɡræb/anoccasionwhen apersonorgrouptakesadvantageof asituationinorderto takecontrol:
夺权There have been nolabourunionpowergrabs.没有发生过工会夺权的情况。
Criticscallthemoveapowergraband astepbackwardsfordemocracy.批评人士称此举是对权力的攫取，是民主的倒退。
- He'sfacingapowergrabbyformerwarlordsinparliament.
- This is not thetimeforpowergrabs,bickering, or anydivisiveness.
- Theyclaimthat thestatesarevictimsof afederalpowergrabbyleadersin Washington.
Power to control
- ascendancy
- authoritarianism
- be abovesomeone'spay gradeidiom
- big beast
- buysomethingin
- cradle
- hegemonic
- hegemonism
- hegemony
- influence
- ingrain
- lever
- leverage
- predominance
- puissance
- pull
- redetermination
- responsibility
- sway
- tooth