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conquest

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conquest /ˈkɑːnˌkwɛst/ noun
plural conquests
conquest
/ˈkɑːnˌkwɛst/
noun
plural conquests
Learner's definition of CONQUEST
: the act of taking control of a country, city, etc., through the use of force(以武力)攻占;攻克;征服
[count]
[noncount]
[count] : a country, city, etc., that an army has taken control of through the use of force被征服的土地;占领地
[count] : a person someone has succeeded in having a romantic and especially a sexual relationship with(爱情方面)被征服的人;(尤指性方面)被俘虏的人
[noncount] : success in defeating or dealing with something difficult or dangerous征服;克服;控制usually + of
IELTS BNC: 6507 COCA: 7652

conquest

noun

con·​quest ˈkän-ˌkwest How to pronounce conquest (audio)
ˈkäŋ-;
ˈkäŋ-kwəst
1
: the act or process of conquering
2
a
: something conquered
especially : territory appropriated in war
b
: a person whose favor or hand has been won

Example Sentences

tales of the ancient army's conquests She was one of his many conquests. people who boast about their sexual conquests
Recent Examples on the Web The show suggests Aegon's original conquest of Westeros, which led to creation of the Iron Throne in the first place, was actually driven by his knowledge that the White Walkers were coming and the realm would need to stand united against them. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 22 Aug. 2022 Plenty of delusions led to Vladimir Putin’s attempted conquest of Ukraine, and one of the biggest was assuming that the war would weaken NATO. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 May 2022 Its conquest and long rule was often violent, but the Romans also built roads and established towns such as Londinium and Durovernum Cantiacorum, today London and Canterbury. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 Seated in his office at the Beit Chabad Synagogue, Rabbi Wolff noted that Russian conquest had removed Crimea in 2014 and the city of Kherson in 2022 from his authority. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 India’s emblem, adopted in 1950, is modeled after a sculpture dating back more than 2,000 years to the reign of Emperor Ashoka, who famously renounced armed conquest to take up Buddhism and promote peace. Shefali Anand, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022 Hitler had promised conquest and Lebensraum; instead, Aryan zeal was muzzled, Aryan belief bludgeoned. Cynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 No call out of centuries of British bloody conquest and plunder. Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Mar. 2022 Picking up the book on a break from work or life can offer a bitesize escape, or drive a dagger into someone else's table and delve deep to plan your conquest as the future scourge of the Astral Sea! Goldie Chan, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *conquaesitus, alteration of Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirere

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of conquest was in the 14th century
IELTS BNC: 6507 COCA: 7652
conquest

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONQUEST | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEviolent暴力征服the desire of each tribe to show its superiority through violent conquest每個部落通過暴力征服彰顯其優勢的欲望military軍事佔領Muslim, Norman, Roman, Spanish, etc.穆斯林、諾曼人、羅馬人、西班牙人等的征服the Roman conquest of Britain羅馬人對不列顛的征服the European conquest of South America歐洲對南美洲的征服the Muslim conquest of Spain in the 8th century8 世紀穆斯林對西班牙的征服colonial, imperial殖民/帝國的征服the English colonial conquest of the Indian subcontinent英國對印度次大陸的殖民征服territorial領土征服Trade rather than territorial conquest was held to be the route to progress.貿易而不是領土征服被認為是進步的途徑。sexual情愛獵物latest最新的俘虜Alicia's latest conquest, Victor艾麗西婭最新的俘虜維克托VERB + CONQUESTmake征服The army made many conquests in the east.這支軍隊在東方征服了很多地方。complete完成征服PREPOSITIONby conquest, through conquest通過征服He continued to expand his kingdom by conquest.他通過征服手段繼續擴張他的王國。conquest of對⋯的征服the Spanish conquest of Mexico西班牙人對墨西哥的征服

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