expropriate
verb /eksˈprəʊprieɪt/
/eksˈprəʊprieɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they expropriate | /eksˈprəʊprieɪt/ /eksˈprəʊprieɪt/ |
| he / she / it expropriates | /eksˈprəʊprieɪts/ /eksˈprəʊprieɪts/ |
| past simple expropriated | /eksˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ /eksˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle expropriated | /eksˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ /eksˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form expropriating | /eksˈprəʊprieɪtɪŋ/ /eksˈprəʊprieɪtɪŋ/ |
- expropriate something (formal or law
法律 政府或权力机构 征用，没收（私有财产） - expropriate something (formal) to take somebody’s property and use it without permission
侵占（他人财产）
词源late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin expropriat- ‘taken from the owner’, from the verb expropriare, from ex- ‘out, from’ + proprium ‘property’, neuter singular of proprius ‘own’.