arrogate

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词根
rog= to ask 要求;问

abrogate v. 取消

ab 去掉 + rog 要求;问 + ate 做,造成,使… → 去掉要求〔的权利〕→ 取消

arrogance n. 傲慢

ar 表加强 + rog 要求;问 + ance 表状态 → 傲慢

arrogant adj. 傲慢的

ar 加强 + rog 要求;问 + ant …的 → 无理要求的 → 傲慢的

arrogate v. 霸占;擅取

ar 加强 + rog 要求;问 + ate 做,造成,使… → 一再要求得到 → 霸占

derogate v. 毁损;堕落

de 向下 + rog 要求;问 + ate 做,造成,使… → 要求低下 → 堕落

derogatory adj. 贬低的

de 向下 + rog 要求;问 + atory 有…性质的 → 贬低的

interrogate v. 审问

inter 相互 + rog 要求;问 + ate 做,造成,使… → 一问一答 → 审问

prerogative n. 特权

pre 预先 + rog 要求;问 + ative 有…倾向(性质)的,属于…的 → 可预先要求 → 特权

rogue n. 无赖,骗子

rog 要求;问 + ue → 提出过分要求的人 → 无赖

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Don't easily arrogate evil motives to others.

别轻易地认为他人存心不良。

He arrogated the privilege to himself alone.

他为自己僭取特权。

And so I would arrogate no particular merit to literary men for the possession of this faculty of doing good which some of them enjoy.

所以我不会硬说文人之具有行善的能力是什么特别的优点,他们中有些人就是喜爱那样做。

The condition and the aims of life are both represented in religion poetically, but this poetrytends to arrogate to itself literal truth and moral authority, neither of which it possesses.

生活的目标和条件在宗教中诗一般的呈现,但这种诗意往往把宗教所并不具有的朴实真理和道德威力没有来由的归于宗教。

Its last analysis, it is not freedom of thought which endangers Jewish values, but the freedom which some people arrogate to themselves not to think at all.

归根结底,危及犹太人价值观的并不是思想自由,而是某些大无端赋予自己的根本不动脑筋的自由。

The assembly arrogated to itself the right to make changes

大会越权作出变更。