expropriate
expropriate — 動詞
- expropriatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- expropriateshe / she / it
- expropriatedpast simple
- expropriating-ing form
1. to take land, money, or other property away from its owner, usually so that a go
徵收；強佔
政府徵收私有財產供公用，常未付補償
to take land, money, or other property away from its owner, usually so that a government can use it for the public, and often without paying the owner what it is worth
The state moved to expropriate the farmland so a new airport could be built there.
政府準備徵收這片農地，以便在那裡興建一座新機場。
expropriate + property for public use
Thousands of small landowners were expropriated when the dam flooded the whole valley.
水壩淹沒整座山谷時，數千名小地主的土地都被徵收了。
passive: be expropriated by an authority
Dario fought in court after the city tried to expropriate his bakery on Main Street.
市政府想徵收 Dario 在 Main Street 上的麵包店，他因此上法院抗爭。
The new law lets officials expropriate empty buildings and turn them into public housing.
這項新法律允許官員徵收空置的建築，把它們改建成公共住宅。
During the war, the army expropriated every horse and cart in the village.
戰爭期間，軍隊強行徵收了村裡的每一匹馬和每一輛車。
- confiscate
take as a penalty or under official power, often for breaking a rule
- seize
take suddenly and by force; less tied to property law
- appropriate
take for one's own use, sometimes wrongly; broader and less official
- restore
give property back to its original owner
文法句型
expropriate + noun (land/property/assets)
be expropriated by + authority
用法筆記
Frequently passive, with the former owner as subject (the family was expropriated). The taker is usually a state, city, or army, and the thing taken is usually land, buildings, or other valuable assets.