expropriate 英 [eksˈprəʊprieɪt]   美 [eksˈproʊprieɪt]

expropriate

expropriate  英 [eksˈprəʊprieɪt] 美 [eksˈproʊprieɪt]

vt. 没收,征用;剥夺 

进行时:expropriating  过去式:expropriated  过去分词:expropriated  第三人称单数:expropriates  名词复数:expropriates 

Another popular money-making scheme saw some "greedy princes" expropriate land from commoners. 另一种流行的赚钱方式是一些“贪婪”的王子从平民那征用土地。

  • Use the verb expropriate to describe the act of taking people's property, usually by a government. If you really like your neighbor's house, you may wish you could expropriate the property.
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  • vt. 没收,征用;剥夺
  • 1. Another popular money-making scheme saw some "greedy princes" expropriate land from commoners.

    另一种流行的赚钱方式是一些“贪婪”的王子从平民那征用土地。

  • expropriate (v.) 1610s, back-formation from expropriation, or from earlier adjective (mid-15c.), or from Medieval Latin expropriatus, past participle of expropriare "deprive of property, deprive of one's own," from ex "away from" (see ex-) + propriare "take as one's own," from proprius "one's own" (see proper). Related: Expropriated; expropriating.
ex·pro·pri·ate / eksˈprəʊprieɪt ; NAmE eksˈproʊprieɪt / verb 1 expropriatesth ( formal or law ) (of a government or an authority 政府或权力机构 ) to officially take away private property from its owner for public use 征用,没收(私有财产) 2 expropriatesth ( formal) to take sb's property and use it without permission 侵占(他人财产) ex·pro·pri·ation expropriation expropriations / ˌeksˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn ; NAmE ˌeksˌproʊpriˈeɪʃn / noun [uncountable ] expropriate expropriates expropriated expropriating ex·pro·pri·ate / eksˈprəʊprieɪt ; NAmE eksˈproʊprieɪt / ex·pro·pri·ation / ˌeksˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn ; NAmE ˌeksˌproʊpriˈeɪʃn /
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