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subdue

/suhb-doo, -dyoo/US // səbˈdu, -ˈdyu //UK // (səbˈdjuː) //

制服,镇住了,收服,征服

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sub·dued, sub·du·ing.

    • : to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
    • : to overpower by superior force; overcome.
    • : to bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive.
    • : to repress.
    • : to bring under cultivation: to subdue the wilderness.
    • : to reduce the intensity, force, or vividness of; tone down; soften.
    • : to allay.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbkeep under control; moderate
Forms: subdued, subdues, subduing
Synonyms
conquer征服,克服,征服者,攻克crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎extinguish熄灭,扑灭,灭绝,灭亡humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的overcome克服,攻克,战胜,克服困难overpower压倒,压倒性的,打倒,压倒一切quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制tame驯服,驯服的,驯化,驯养temper节制,回火,脾气,锻炼break突破,休息,断裂,断check检查,检查一下control控制,管制,控制权,操控defeat挫败,打败,失败,挫折discipline纪律,管教,惩戒,纪律性dominate主导,支配,主导地位,支配的drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴gentle温文尔雅,温柔,温和,温柔的mellow醇厚的,醇厚,醇美,醇美的overrun越位,越界,掉头就跑,越位的情况quash驳斥,撤销,驳回,拒绝quench熄灭,淬火,解渴,熄火quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静quieten平息,平抚,安抚,平息下来reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑subjugate征服,征服了,降服,收服trample践踏,蹂躏,践行,踩踏vanquish征服,战胜,消灭,消除bear down忍耐,忍耐力,忍受,忍耐力下降beat down打倒,击倒,打倒了,殴打break in闯入,破门而入,闯入了get the better of胜过,胜出,胜诉,胜get the upper hand占上风,占优势,占尽上风,占尽先机get under control受控,得到控制,受到控制,控制住put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了shut down关闭,停工,关掉,关机tone down调低,淡化,淡化语气,调降triumph over战胜,战胜了,胜过,得胜

Examples

  • Plus, in all three color options, one side is subdued, while the opposite is something fun.

  • That voice that sang alongside Patti LaBelle and Lauryn Hill, the one that gets critics to consistently call her “underrated,” was subdued as she strained to breathe.

  • A day later in his cell, video footage shows Sheriff’s deputies tried to subdue a visibly disturbed Silva to take him for a medical evaluation.

  • Having recovered from a virus-induced downturn, the $220 billion Hong Kong–listed services company is now contending with the potentially larger threat of government regulation, which Beijing proposed last month to subdue China’s runaway tech giants.

  • Given all that’s gone on this year, it’s worth asking whether police officers and the communities they serve might be better off if cops had something other than guns to subdue unruly suspects.

  • It took a blow to the head from Clark and the assistance of three deputies to subdue her.

  • The younger brother would try everything in his power from a distance to subdue the roaring flames of passion.

  • At least one Metropolitan Police officer was injured during the struggle to subdue the man.

  • A brief struggle ensues as several officers attempt to subdue a squirming Grant, his hands behind his back.

  • Yet it is these very anarchic groups that the Second Amendment was incorporated to subdue.

  • Malcolm had selected it as a training-ground that evening, because he meant to weary and subdue his too highly spirited charger.

  • And unless thou speedily prevent them, they will do greater things than these, and thou shalt not be able to subdue them.

  • "It's an awfu' gran' book, Rob," she would say after a time, while she strove to subdue the sobs in her breast.

  • The Romans took two hundred years to subdue it, and the Moors never obtained a footing there.

  • Forthwith did Earl Hakon subdue all the land and that winter abode he in Throndhjem.