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
- 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
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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.
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