英语词汇“power grab”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

power grab n. (a) U.S. (an instance of) the acquisition of the right to generate and sell hydroelectric power at a particular location (now rare); (b) the acquisition or arrogation to oneself of power, control, etc.; a political coup.

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1905 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 15 Feb. 8/1 Since the World called attention to the purposes of the power-grab companies to grab as much of the power of the [Niagara] Falls during the present session as possible, Senators..have been receiving protests.

1930 Nevada State Jrnl. 19 Jan. 4/1 The identity of the..backers of the secret Boulder Dam Power Company..remains a profound mystery... If the mysterious sponsors..are contemplating a huge power grab at the expense of the state there is all the more reason for complete publicity.

1940 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune 21 Feb. 1/4 A bill..providing for federal regulation of all grain elevators..was assailed..as an attempted ‘power grab’ by the agriculture department.

2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 87 I've seen cunning, powerful, even wildly successful men fall victim to this kind of delusional power grab, this sudden urge to expand the empire.

2004 Times (Nexis) 21 Dec. 26 As a young medical student, he participated in the 1968 Baathist coup that later paved the way for Saddam's own power grab.

单词	power grab
释义	> as lemmas power grab power grab n. (a) U.S. (an instance of) the acquisition of the right to generate and sell hydroelectric power at a particular location (now rare); (b) the acquisition or arrogation to oneself of power, control, etc.; a political coup. ΚΠ 1905 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 15 Feb. 8/1 Since the World called attention to the purposes of the power-grab companies to grab as much of the power of the [Niagara] Falls during the present session as possible, Senators..have been receiving protests. 1930 Nevada State Jrnl. 19 Jan. 4/1 The identity of the..backers of the secret Boulder Dam Power Company..remains a profound mystery... If the mysterious sponsors..are contemplating a huge power grab at the expense of the state there is all the more reason for complete publicity. 1940 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune 21 Feb. 1/4 A bill..providing for federal regulation of all grain elevators..was assailed..as an attempted ‘power grab’ by the agriculture department. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 87 I've seen cunning, powerful, even wildly successful men fall victim to this kind of delusional power grab, this sudden urge to expand the empire. 2004 Times (Nexis) 21 Dec. 26 As a young medical student, he participated in the 1968 Baathist coup that later paved the way for Saddam's own power grab. extracted from powern.¹ < as lemmas
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