arrogate

verb

/ˈærəɡeɪt/

(formal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they arrogate	/ˈærəɡeɪt/ /ˈærəɡeɪt/
he / she / it arrogates	/ˈærəɡeɪts/ /ˈærəɡeɪts/
past simple arrogated	/ˈærəɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈærəɡeɪtɪd/
past participle arrogated	/ˈærəɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈærəɡeɪtɪd/
-ing form arrogating	/ˈærəɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈærəɡeɪtɪŋ/

arrogate something (to yourself) to claim or take something that you have no right to妄称；擅取
- I do not arrogate to myself the right to decide.我不擅自决定。
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin arrogat- ‘claimed for oneself’, from the verb arrogare, from ad- ‘to’ + rogare ‘ask’.