arrogation
/ar-uh-geyt/US // ˈær əˌgeɪt //UK // (ˈærəˌɡeɪt) //
傲慢,嚣张跋扈,嚣张,傲慢无礼
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v.有主动词 verb
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ar·ro·gat·ed, ar·ro·gat·ing.
- : to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
- : to attribute or assign to another; ascribe.
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Examples
The arrogation of sole possession could but lead to the disintegration of the troop.
This arrogation of dignity was much resented by his friends.
This primary arrogation on his part is the ground of all idolatry, and of the great heresies of Gnostic and Popish origin.
He ridicules the arrogation to itself by the 'Compact' of a monopoly of loyalty.
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