expropriate的意思

expropriate

英式音标[ɛks'proprɪet]
美式英标[ɪks'prəʊprɪeɪt; eks-]

基本解释

vt. 没收，征用；剥夺

中文词源

expropriate 征用

ex-, 向外。-propr, 自己的，词源同property, appropriate. 即自己的东西被拿走，后指征用。

英文词源

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.

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