expropriate
🇺🇸
/eksˈprəʊprieɪt/
🇬🇧
/eksˈprəʊprieɪt/
verb
R
When the government takes private property for public use, like building a road or a school.
The government expropriated the land to build a new hospital.
政府征用了土地来建造一所新医院。
R
When someone takes something that belongs to another person without asking, like taking their toys or clothes.
The bully expropriated the new toy from the little kid at school.
那个恶霸在学校从小孩那里抢走了新玩具。
translation
征用, 霸占
词形变化
3rd Present
expropriates
Past
expropriated
Perfect
expropriated
Progressive
expropriating