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vanquish

/vang-kwish, van-/US // ˈvæŋ kwɪʃ, ˈvæn- //UK // (ˈvæŋkwɪʃ) //

征服,战胜,消灭,消除

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
    • : to defeat in any contest or conflict; be victorious over: to vanquish one's opponent in an argument.
    • : to overcome or overpower: He vanquished all his fears.

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Examples

  • “It’s like treating an individual patient while rebuilding the entire health-care system,” said Alfred Sommer, former dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who was part of the team that vanquished smallpox four decades ago.

  • It was the final chapter of a very polarizing time for the city attorney’s office, and he came out the vanquished.

  • Genetic analysis, which was not available during the original research, later confirmed that during the 1994 invasion, the aggressors didn’t just evict the vanquished.

  • It posited that microbes, not “miasma,” caused sickness and death, and that you could cure illnesses by vanquishing the offending microbe.

  • This time around, the Bolts made quick work of the Jackets in the first round, vanquishing their old foe in five games.

  • But there is a strong resolve to vote despite the risk, a fierce determination to vanquish the Vandals.

  • In an attempt to vanquish the monster, the superheroes step in and pummel him, knocking him to the ground.

  • To be competitive here three years from now, Rand knows he needs to vanquish Ron's long shadow.

  • Visco says she believes the way to vanquish the disease is through science.

  • She is credited with helping to end the war and vanquish dictator Charles Taylor in 2003, opening the door for Sirleaf.

  • The whole history of the Old Testament displays nothing but the vain efforts of God to vanquish the obstinacy of his people.

  • Lieut. Wilkinson and party appear in good spirits, and show a disposition which must vanquish every difficulty.

  • Jerry, who had been told of the trouble, was ready to descend upon the entire college and vanquish it single-handed.

  • After all, it was more important that she should vanquish her enemies than prove to a mere man that they really were her enemies.

  • He had met at last that which must vanquish all his resolutions, and turn all his desperate efforts into vanity.