| 单词 | usurper |
| 释义 | usurper (once / 2481 pages) n A usurper is someone who wrongfully takes someone else's place. A usurper usually tries to take someone's place on the throne, rather than someone's seat on a bus. If you were married, and someone cheated with your spouse and then married your spouse, you would probably consider that person a usurper: someone who took your place in a way that's shady or wrong. A king who is overthrown would consider the new king a usurper. Usurper is a strong word for someone who has taken or usurped what rightfully belonged to someone else. WORD FAMILYusurper: usurpers+/usurp: usurpation, usurped, usurper, usurping, usurps/usurpation: usurpations USAGE EXAMPLESHe refused to acknowledge Barack Obama’s legitimacy, casting him—until the end—as a kind of usurper of rightful authority. Slate(Nov 09, 2016) He is a black militant usurper of all that is good – a Zulu warrior committed to performing unwanted abortions on every Christian woman. Salon(Oct 23, 2016) According to the account left by Sima Qian, the new emperor—the usurper—killed many of his father’s concubines. National Geographic(Oct 12, 2016) n one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another Syn|Hypo|Hyper supplanter claim jumper one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law |
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