usurping
present participle ofusurp
| 单词 | usurping |
| 释义 | usurping present participle ofusurp usurp verb[T] formaluk/juːˈzɜːp//juːˈsɜːp/us/juːˈsɝːp//juːˈzɝːp/to takecontrolof apositionofpower,especiallywithout having therightto: Localcontrolis being usurped bycentralgovernment. Politics - general words
Examplesofusurpingusurping In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The size of his plantation increased from 200 to 3,000 acres, in particular byusurpingthe property of local people. From theCambridge English Corpus The strong have a duty to display sympathy for the weak instead of stealing their land andusurpingtheir freedom. From theCambridge English Corpus Adding insult to injury:usurpingpatients' prerogatives. From theCambridge English Corpus The suggestion envisaged a commodity commission purchasing meat abroad and selling it in this country, thususurpingwhat the trade does infinitely better here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we are in factusurpingthe proper functions of the courts of the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They areusurpingthe natural breast-feeding process to improve sales of their products. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How could such a system avoidusurpingministerial responsibilities, while ensuring that people's complaints are not overlooked? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody can say what is "usurpingthe functions of the police," and nobody can say what is a procession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To my mind, the magistrates were thereusurpingthe functions of the sheriff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question ofusurpingthe principle of treating each case on its merits or removing local authority discretion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Governments,usurpingthe functions of a higher power, have sought to temper the wind to the lambs that were shorn by themselves supporting the debtors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One may be excused for saying that this is not eroding the powers of the boroughs: that this isusurpingthe powers of the boroughs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is the agencyusurpingthe role of the courts? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that they areusurpingthe role of the courts in deciding a case without proper presentation of the evidence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The miners' officials areusurpingthe power of other trade unions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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