expropriate
英 [?ks'pr??pr?e?t; eks-]
美[?ks'propr?et]
- vt. 沒收，征用；剝奪
TEM8GRE
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?expropriates;過去式:?expropriated;過去分詞:?expropriated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?expropriating;名詞:?expropriation;
助記提示
1. ex- "away from" + propri- "one's own, particular to itself" + -ate.
2. => take away from one's own property, deprive of one's own property.
3. => a taking of someone's property, especially for public use.
2. => take away from one's own property, deprive of one's own property.
3. => a taking of someone's property, especially for public use.
中文詞源
expropriate 征用
ex-, 向外。-propr, 自己的，詞源同property, appropriate. 即自己的東西被拿走，后指征用。
英文詞源
- expropriate (v.)
- 1610s, back-formation from expropriation, or from earlier adjective (mid-15c.), or from Medieval Latin expropriatus, past participle of expropriare "to deprive of one's own." Related: Expropriated; expropriating.