expropriate

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

vt. 没收，征用；剥夺

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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.

中文解释

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.