| 单词 | arrogate |
| 释义 | arrogate (ærəgeɪt ) Word forms: arrogates , arrogating , arrogated verb If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so. [formal, disapproval] The assembly arrogated to itself the right to make changes. [VERB + to] He arrogated the privilege to himself alone. [VERB noun + to] Synonyms: seize, demand, assume, appropriate Collocations: arrogate power His rule has been characterised by continually arrogating powers to the presidency, curbing the independence of the judiciary, bypassing parliamentary government and undermining the political rights of his opponents. Times, Sunday Times It would be contrary to principle to allow such a person to arrogate powers to himself by virtue of his intermeddling even if that intermeddling was innocent. Times, Sunday Times Gradually these princes arrogated power to themselves, monopolising all the main ministerial positions and appointing sons and brothers to both administrative and military posts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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