conquest

英 [ˈkɒŋkwest]

美 [ˈkɑːŋkwest]

n.  征服; 占领; 占领(或征服)的地区; (爱情或性方面)被俘虏的人

复数：conquests　

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同义词辨析

victoryconquesttriumph【导航词义：胜利，成功】

牛津词典

noun

• 征服；占领
  the act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force
  1. the Norman Conquest (= of England in 1066)
     诺曼征服（即1066年诺曼人征服英国）
• 占领（或征服）的地区
  an area of land taken by force
  1. the Spanish conquests in South America
     西班牙人在南美洲的占领地
• （爱情或性方面）被俘虏的人
  a person that sb has persuaded to love them or to have sex with them
  1. I'm just one of his many conquests.
     我仅仅是他的众多俘虏之一。
• （对困难、危险等的）控制
  the act of gaining control over sth that is difficult or dangerous
  1. the conquest of inflation
     对通货膨胀的控制

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 征服;占领
  Conquestis the act of conquering a country or group of people.
  1. He had led the conquest of southern Poland in 1939...
     1939年，他指挥了攻占波兰南部的行动。
  2. After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve...
     诺曼征服之后，这片森林成为了皇家狩猎区。
  3. Jerusalem has seen endless conquests and occupations.
     耶路撒冷历经无数次征服、占领。
• N-COUNT (战争中)征服的土地,占领地
  Conquestsare lands that have been conquered in war.
  1. He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former conquests.
     他意识到除非英国至少归还一部分以前的占领地，否则国无宁日。
• N-COUNT （爱情或性关系方面的）俘虏，征服
  If someone makes aconquest, they succeed in attracting and usually sleeping with another person. You usually useconquestwhen you want to indicate that this relationship is not important to the person concerned.
  1. Despite his conquests, he remains lonely and isolated.
     尽管他俘获过很多女人的芳心，却依然孤单寂寞。
  2. ...men who boast about their sexual conquests to all their friends.
     向所有朋友吹嘘自己如何搞定女人的男人
• N-COUNT （爱情或性关系方面）被俘虏者
  You can refer to the person that someone has succeeded in attracting as theirconquest.
  1. Pushkin was a womaniser whose conquests included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.
     普希金是个情场老手，各种各样的女性，从妓女到公主，都成了他的俘虏。
• N-SING 克服;攻克
  The conquest ofsomething such as a problem is success in ending it or dealing with it.
  1. The conquest of inflation has been the Government's overriding economic priority for nearly 15 years.
     遏制通货膨胀是政府近15年来经济工作方面的头等大事。
  2. ...the conquest of cancer.
     攻克癌症

英英释义

noun

• success in mastering something difficult
  1. the conquest of space
• the act of conquering
  Synonym:conqueringsubjectionsubjugation
• an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
  Synonym:seduction

双语例句

• William I was crowned king of england, formally completing the Norman conquest.
  威廉一世登基英国国王，正式完成了伟大的诺曼征服。
• THE relationship between England and France has been marked by fear and rivalry since the Norman conquest in1066.
  自1066年“诺曼征服（指1066年法国诺曼底公爵威廉对英格兰的入侵和征服-译者注）”以来，英格兰与法兰西的关系以恐惧与敌对并存为特征。
• Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state ( 1807-1882).
  征服西西里岛和那不勒斯从而形成意大利国家的意大利爱国者（1807－1882）。
• It would be armed and expansive. Machiavelli's republic feeds on conflict, on war and conquest.
  它将是尚武的充满扩张性的，马基雅维利的，共和国依赖冲突，战争和征服。
• An adventurer ( especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century).
  探险家（尤其是指16世纪带领西班牙人对墨西哥和秘鲁进行征服的人）。
• Her latest conquest is an Italian who, interestingly enough, doesn't speak a word of his native language.
  她新搭上了个意大利人。有意思的是，那个意大利人一句意大利语都不会说。
• Pushkin was a womaniser whose conquests included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.
  普希金是个情场老手，各种各样的女性，从妓女到公主，都成了他的俘虏。
• He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former conquests.
  他意识到除非英国至少归还一部分以前的占领地，否则国无宁日。
• Despite his conquests, he remains lonely and isolated.
  尽管他俘获过很多女人的芳心，却依然孤单寂寞。
• China was built through a process of conquest and merging of diverse groups.
  中国的建立，经过了一个征服与融合不同人群的过程。