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

• The battle of Hastings led to the Norman Conquest of england.
  黑斯廷斯战役导致了诺尔曼人对英格兰的征服。
• The fact of being victorious; victory or conquest.
  胜利，得胜胜利的事实，胜利或征服。
• A native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman conquest.
  在诺曼底人对英格兰的征服以前，英格兰的本地人或者居民。
• The statement laid bare his ambition for world conquest.
  此声明完全暴露了他征服世界的野心。
• 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。
• This battle resulted in the Norman conquest of England.
  这次战役的结果是诺曼人征服了英格兰。
• 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）。
• The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.
  法兰西帝国的扩张主要靠军事征服。
• 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。
• Russia began to invade the region of Turkmenistan and Pamirs after the conquest of three khanates of Central Asia.
  在征服了中亚三个汗国之后，俄国接着就又开始了对土库曼和帕米尔地区的侵略。