usurpers

英 [juːˈzɜːpəz]

美 [ˌjuˈsɜrpərz]

n. 夺取者; 篡夺者; 侵占者
usurper的复数

篡夺者；篡位者；侵占者
A usurper is someone who takes another person's title or position when they have no right to.

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When men still hold the reins, should we be surprised that women see other women as a threat, as potential usurpers of the male attention they need to succeed?
当男性依然处于控制地位时，女人将其他女人看作威胁、看作夺取男性注意力以便获得成功的潜在敌人，有什么好让人惊讶的？
But these fortunate usurpers were not by any means absolute rulers;
这种侥幸的篡夺者决不是绝对的统治者；
Frankfurt and even Paris were mooted as possible usurpers of London's crown.
在人们口中，法兰克福、甚至巴黎都成了可能夺走伦敦皇冠的篡位者。
The official treatment of these events is clear: maintain a strong institutional apparatus and remain vigilant against inner-party usurpers and foreign saboteurs.
官方从这些事件中吸取的教训是明确的：既要维持强有力的党机器，又要对党内的篡窃者和党外的破坏者保持高度的警惕。
In some there are elected or even hereditary kings, in some usurpers or tyrants.
某些城邦拥有选举产生甚至世袭的君主；还有一些城邦则掌握在篡位者或暴君子里。
Neither should it ever happen that once more the avenues to peaceful change are blocked by usurpers who seek to take power away from the people, in pursuit of their own, ignoble purposes.
也不能允许那些篡权者们为了自己不光彩的目的去掠夺人民的权力，阻挡通向和平的林阴大道。