| 单词 | power-grabbing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspower-grabbing power-grabbing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1893 Atlanta Constit. 23 Apr. 2/2 Every day the courts are taking greater powers to themselves... Every day they create precedents in the way of power grabbing which pave the way for even greater encroachments. 1923 Indianapolis Star 28 Oct. 18/2 The power-grabbing interests are too strong for us to get many needed improvements. 1973 H. L. Nieburg Culture Storm ix. 188 Hamlet..may be seen as a pampered, power-grabbing postadolescent. 1993 Canad. Living Sept. 121/3 She's doggedly pursuing a new style of leadership based not on power grabbing but on consensus building. < as lemmas |
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