conquer

英 ['kɒŋkə]美 ['kɑŋkɚ]
  • vt. 战胜，征服；攻克，攻取
  • vi. 胜利；得胜
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conquer 征服，攻克——攻克

中文词源

conquer 战胜

con-, 强调。-quer, 追寻，追求，词源同query, question. 词义由追求到战胜。

英文词源

conquer
conquer: [13] Latin conquīrere originally meant ‘seek something out’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and quaerere ‘seek’ (source of English query, quest, question, inquire, and require). Bit by bit, ‘searching for something’ slid into ‘acquiring it’, including by force of arms: hence the sense ‘vanquish’, already current in the 13th century. The term Conqueror appears first to have been applied to William I of England around 1300.
=> enquire, inquest, query, quest, question, require
conquer (v.)
c. 1200, cunquearen, from Old French conquerre "conquer, defeat, vanquish," from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (for Latin conquirere) "to search for, procure by effort, win," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + quaerere "to seek, gain" (see query (v.)). Related: Conquered; conquering.

双语例句

1. They feared that totalitarians might yet conquer the entire world.
他们担心极权主义者会征服整个世界。
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2. They became overheated nationalists, militarists, and they were out to conquer.
他们变成了过分狂热的民族主义分子和军国主义分子，并想要征服别国。
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3. I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences.
我相信爱足以克服我们的种种差异。
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4. Garland tried to appear casual, but he couldn't conquer his unease.
加兰努力装出无所谓的样子，可是他没法克服自己的局促不安。
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5. He is having therapy to conquer his phobia.
他在接受治疗以克服自己的恐惧症。
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