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单词 colonize
释义
colonize
verb
(UKusuallycolonise)
uk
/ˈkɒl.ə.naɪz/us
/ˈkɑː.lə.naɪz/
[T]
tosendpeopletolivein andgovernanothercountry:
使殖民地化；将…建为殖民地
Peru was colonized by theSpanishin the 16thcentury.秘鲁在16世纪沦为西班牙的殖民地。
Europeannationsset aboutviolentlyinvadingand colonisinglargechunksof theglobe.
Somescientistsbelievethat we will have to colonise otherplanets.
Compare
decolonize
recolonize
[IorT]
(ofanimals,plants, orbacteria) tostarttoliveorgrowin aparticulararea:
Thebeetlescolonise atree,tunnellingthrough thebarktolayeggs.
Theceilingsof thecaveshad been colonized bybats.
Leftalone,domesticcatsquicklycolonize,breedandbecomewild.
Thebacteriumcan colonise in thenose,throat, andskinwithoutcausinginfection.
[T]usuallydisapproving
tofillaparticularplaceor takecontrolof aparticularareaofactivity:
Thecitycentrehas been colonized bycoffeeshopchains.
More examples
  • Belize was colonised by the British.
  • Theimageshowsa colonizingshipsailingtoward the newworld.
  • Sheimaginesafuturein whichhumanshave colonised thesolarsystem.
  • Thebacteriahave auniqueabilityto colonize thehumanstomach.
  • Thisinvasivespeciesofalgaehas colonised the AtlanticcoastofEurope.
  • Mussels cansignificantlyaffecta boat'sperformanceif they colonize onitshull.
  • Thispartof Florida has been colonised byelderlyretirees.
  • They colonizedourmindsbysendingus totheirschools.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Colonization & self-government
  • acknowledgement of country
  • annex
  • annexation
  • anti-colonial
  • anti-colonialism
  • colony
  • commonwealth
  • condominium
  • crown colony
  • decolonization
  • independence
  • Independence Day
  • intercolonial
  • land acknowledgment
  • Nat
  • recolonization
  • recolonize
  • secede
  • secession
  • self-determination
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Animal dwellings - natural
Animal & plant biology - general words
Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
Controlling and being in charge

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colonization
(Definition ofcolonizefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
colonize
verb[Toften passive]
(UKusuallycolonise)
uk
/ˈkɒl.ə.naɪz/us
/ˈkɑː.lə.naɪz/
tosendpeopletolivein andgovernanothercountry
使殖民地化；将…建为殖民地
Peru was colonized by theSpanishin the 16thcentury.秘鲁在16世纪沦为西班牙的殖民地。

Examplesofcolonize

colonize
During hiatuses in deposition, relatively mature vegetation colonized sediment surfaces.
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The symbiotic state enables the lichen thallus tocolonizeextreme habitats where the separate bionts would not be able to survive.
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The evolution of their oxygenic photosynthesis enabled cyanobacteria tocolonizeany illuminated habitats where free water was available as an electron donor by photolysis.
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Vaccinated hosts can only be colonized with the latter, and dual colonization is excluded.
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The majority of those colonized were elderly, many were female and nearly a third were residents of care homes.
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Other faults or fractures in the substratum not colonized by bacterial growths were observed.
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What parliamentarian communities incontrovertibly had in common, though, was the fact that they had been colonized by puritanism.
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In logistic regression, both spirochaete species showed a highly significant association with the existence of other family members who were colonized with the same species.
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What is unique about education for the "indigenous" children, those who belong to colonized ethnic groups?
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The marginal benefits are small if the net price of conversion is small or if there are few healthy patches that wildlife cancolonize.
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In conclusion, government practices of colonizing the vineyards generated spaces where the body of the phylloxera were seen as either dead, alive, or absent.
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In approaching the imperial experience, both colonizer and colonized often resorted to fiction.
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For patient no. 2, the infecting strains from the candidiasis stage in 1999 and colonizing strains collected in 2001 and 2002 had y87 % relatedness.
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They initiallycolonizethe leaves, and, after flowering, also the ears.
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One foundational act invited foreigners to "colonize" the internal heartlands in order to give the local populations new models of enlightened work and life.
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