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单词 conquer
释义
conquer
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒŋ.kər/us
/ˈkɑːŋ.kɚ/
C1
to takecontrolorpossessionofforeignland, or agroupofpeople, byforce:
占领；攻取；征服；击败
TheSpanishconquered the NewWorldin the 16thcentury.西班牙人在16世纪征服了新大陆。
TheEnglishwere conquered by the Normans in 1066.诺曼人于1066年征服了英格兰人。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to beat someone in a race, competition, etc.
  • beatUnited beat City 3 - 2.
  • defeatCan Ireland defeat New Zealand in this high-stakes match?
  • conquerThe Greeks had fought and conquered the army of Mardonius.
  • vanquishThe superhero always vanquishes his foes and saves the world.
  • annihilateModern superpowers succeed not by annihilating their enemies but by buying them off.
  • hammerThe Colts got hammered by the Patriots.
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todealwith orsuccessfullyfightagainst aproblemor anunreasonablefear:
解决（问题）；战胜，克服（恐惧）
He hasfinallyconquered hisfearofspiders.他终于战胜了对蜘蛛的恐惧。
It may be manyyearsbefore thisdreadfuldiseaseis conquered.要战胜这种可怕的疾病可能需要许多年。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attacking & invading
  • aggressor
  • ambush
  • beleaguer
  • beleaguered
  • besiege
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • foray
  • going-over
  • hard power
  • hit and run
  • incursion
  • interdiction
  • kamikaze
  • privateer
  • raid
  • reconquer
  • reconquest
  • reducer
  • relieve
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Winning and defeating
Solving and solutions
(Definition ofconquerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

conquer| American Dictionary

conquer
verb[T]
us
/ˈkɑŋ·kər/
todefeatanenemy, or to takecontrolorpossessionof aforeignland:
Ifeltlike I had conquered theworld.
If you conquer adiseaseorcondition, yousucceedindealingwith orfightingagainst it:
Students have to conquertheirinitialshyness.

conqueror

noun[C]us
/ˈkɑŋ·kər·ər/
the conqueror Genghis Khan

conquest

noun[C/U]us
/ˈkɑn·kwest,ˈkɑŋ-/
[C]Severalgenerationsturnedtheirattentiontowards the conquest of theMediterraneanregion.
(Definition ofconquerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconquer

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Inflation had been conquered, high employment was once more the norm, and productivity growth hit levels not seen since the 1960s.
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Legal opinion offered ample support to the argument for extending the benefits of a conquest to the conquered.
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The project of conquering space inherently and inevitably entails the devaluation of place.
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On the other hand, as henchmen of a conquering power, they also demanded fearful respect.
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As researchers, parents, or casual observers we are often amazed by their innovative approach to conquering new territories of speech.
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Political obstacles existed not just in newly conquered lands but also in well-assimilated regions.
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Each sees the campus itself as a social space to be conquered and brought under its spiritual superintendence.
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One interviewee strongly believed in 'working with nature instead of conquering her'.
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The birth of digital publication involves three motors: utopia, the norm, and conquering thought.
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Would the mid-nineteenth century reformer/survivor perceive himself to have ultimately conquered death and waste?
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They were to respect each other's dominion over the lands they conquered as well as navigation rights in their respective territorial waters.
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Advances in conquering a disease usually require the discovery of a "preparation" - a model biological system in which the disease can be studied.
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According to the enlightenment ideology, nature is a hostile force to be conquered, and tradition a relic to be discarded.
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The family of our ethos, of our professional identity, has to be conquered through successive discoveries, attentive understanding, and sudden flashes of awareness.
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Thus is cancer declared the enemy, which must be conquered.
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