Arrogate



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 冒称具有...权利
• ［英］ v. 冒称具有...权利 ( to claim or seize without right)
• ［记］ ar+rog ( 要求) +ate -> 一再要求 -> 霸占
• ［例］ He arrogated to himself the right to change the law. ( 他擅自修改法律)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-gated; -gating)

• Etymology: Latin arrogatus, past participle of arrogare, from ad- + rogare to ask — more at right
• Date: 1537
• 1.
  • a. to claim or seize without justification
  • b. to make undue claims to having ; assume
• 2. to claim on behalf of another ; ascribe
• • arrogation noun

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