arrogate

英 ['ærəɡeɪt] 美 ['ærəɡeɪt]

• v. 冒称；霸占；擅自

英英释义

Verb:

1. demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to;

   "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"
   "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"
   

2. make undue claims to having

3. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession;

   "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"
   "he usurped my rights"
   "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
   

经典引文

• Will arrogate Dominion undeserv'd Over his brethren.

  出自： Milton

• He arrogated every honor to himself, he went out of his way to push into official circles.

  出自： C. Stead

• The illegal but effective authority which the Assembly of the United Nations seemed now to have arrogated to itself.

  出自： H. Macmillan

词汇搭配

• arrogate to oneself 冒称

近反义词

【近义词】

• assume 假定
• appropriate 适当的
• claim 要求
• take over 接收
• lay claim to 要求(主张
• misappropriate 滥用
• demand 要求
• annex 并吞
• assign 分配
• take 拿
• commandeer 征募(兵役等)...
• ascribe 归因于
• blame 责备
• attribute 把 ... 归于
• impute 归罪于
• accuse 谴责
• inculpate 使负罪
• pirate 海盗
• charge to [经] 记入
• lay to 归于
• to 对于
• charge 责任
• lay lie的过去式....
• seize 抓住
• usurp 篡夺