appropriation

noun

/əˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn/

[uncountable, singular] (formal or law法律) the act of taking something that belongs to somebody else, especially without permission擅自调用；挪用；占用；侵吞
- dishonest appropriation of property以欺骗的手法侵吞财产
- The film company sued them over their appropriation of a cartoon character.电影公司起诉他们盗用了一个卡通人物。
compare misappropriation see also cultural appropriationTopics Crime and punishmentc2
[uncountable, singular] (formal) the act of keeping or saving money for a particular purpose拨（专）款
- a meeting to discuss the appropriation of funds讨论拨款的会议
[countable] (formal) a sum of money to be used for a particular purpose, especially by a government or company（尤指政府、公司的）所拨款项，专款
- an appropriation of £20 000 for payment of debts用于还债的 2 万英镑拨款

词源late Middle English: from late Latin appropriatio(n-), from appropriare ‘make one's own’, from ad- ‘to’ + proprius ‘own, proper’.

词汇	appropriation
释义	appropriation noun /əˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn/ /əˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn/ [uncountable, singular] (formal or law法律) the act of taking something that belongs to somebody else, especially without permission擅自调用；挪用；占用；侵吞 dishonest appropriation of property以欺骗的手法侵吞财产 The film company sued them over their appropriation of a cartoon character.电影公司起诉他们盗用了一个卡通人物。 compare misappropriation see also cultural appropriationTopics Crime and punishmentc2 [uncountable, singular] (formal) the act of keeping or saving money for a particular purpose拨（专）款 a meeting to discuss the appropriation of funds讨论拨款的会议 [countable] (formal) a sum of money to be used for a particular purpose, especially by a government or company（尤指政府、公司的）所拨款项，专款 an appropriation of £20 000 for payment of debts用于还债的 2 万英镑拨款词源late Middle English: from late Latin appropriatio(n-), from appropriare ‘make one's own’, from ad- ‘to’ + proprius ‘own, proper’.
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