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conquest

/kon-kwest, kong-/US // ˈkɒn kwɛst, ˈkɒŋ- //UK // (ˈkɒnkwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-) //

征服,争夺,竞争,争夺战

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
    • : the winning of favor, affection, love, etc.: the conquest of Antony by Cleopatra.
    • : a person whose favor, affection, etc., has been won: He's another one of her conquests.
    • : anything acquired by conquering, as a nation, a territory, or spoils.
    • : the Conquest. Norman Conquest.

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Examples

  • This was the case for one Atlanta-area man over the weekend who flashed two thumbs up as he was halfway through his conquest.

  • Missions were sites of conflict, conquest, and forced labor.

  • The result of that conquest has been a full-fledged effort by the GOP conference to whitewash the Capitol attack, which left five people dead and at least 140 police officers wounded.

  • Situating Indigenous people in the past was an important conceptual step for new Americans to make in the process of conquest.

  • The maturation of Grundberg as a renowned critic coincides with the maturation of photography as an art form and its conquest of the art market.

  • Before the 16thcentury, Spanish conquest, the Aztecs saw the skull as a symbol of rebirth.

  • Experts hypothesize the painting represents the “conquest dance,” a Christian conversion ritual still performed to this day.

  • The conquest—and the reaction to it—have given him an aura of invincibility that holy-warrior wannabes find quite thrilling.

  • This conquest has brought instability to unexpected parts of the region.

  • Nonviolent subjects were easier to rule and more likely to provide the revenue and manpower that would enable further conquest.

  • When Cortez made conquest of Mexico in 1519 smoking seemed to be a common as well as an ancient custom among the natives.

  • They threw down their weapons with sullen obedience and the first great step towards the re-conquest of India was taken.

  • Ferdinand de Soto sailed from Havana with ten ships for the conquest of Florida.

  • Bonaparte with an immense armament sailed from Toulon for the conquest of Egypt.

  • Before leaving for France the Emperor had drawn up a cut and dried plan for the systematic conquest of the whole Peninsula.