Conquest
['kɒŋkwest] or ['kɑŋkwɛst]
解释:
(noun.) success in mastering something difficult; 'the conquest of space'.
(noun.) the act of conquering.
阿方索整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.
(n.) That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
(n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(n.) The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
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同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Subjugation, subjection, mastery, reduction, overthrow, rout.[2]. Victory, triumph.
录入:梅利特
例句:
- And yet it all depends on the toilful conquest of a subtle and intricate art. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But all the Greek communities were not of this conquest type. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- They will fight nature no longer as dull conscripts of the pick and plough, but for a splendid conquest. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- To-day traditional Christianity has weakened in the face of man's interest in the conquest of this world. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended; and 'setting one's cap at a man,' or 'making a conquest,' are the most odious of all. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- Another, to respect more the property of private persons under conquest, and to be content with acquired dominion. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- For a time they shared a common dread of French conquest and dominion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Until that time books had to be written upon parchment or papyrus, and after the Arab conquest of Egypt Europe was cut off from the papyrus supply. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In 642 the Arabs having pushed their conquest into northern Africa gained possession of Alexa ndria. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Xerxes was murdered in his palace about 465 B.C., and thereafter Persia made no further attempts at conquest in Europe. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- We can not see the long array of chariots and mail-clad men laden with the spoils of conquest, but we can imagine the pageant, after a fashion. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- My cousins say they are sure I have made a conquest; but for my part I declare I never think about him from one hour's end to another. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- All his dreams of conquest over disease a nd death seemed to vanish. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Only conquest from the outside could unite the Greeks, and until Greece was conquered they had no political unity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The problem was to do this without the loss of conquest and without permitting another general of the same political party to acquire like popularity. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The Turkish conquests and the expansion of the known world robbed the Roman Empire of its former prestige of universality. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Now this story of Mongolian conquests is surely the most remarkable in all history. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He felt that science is of no country and that its conquests belong to mankind, but tha t the scientist must be a patriot in the service of his native lan d. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- During the same period the Moslems were also pressing their conquests further and further into Central Asia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The one seeks violent conquests, the other the relief of humanity. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Many conquests, sir? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He was left in the air, incapable of conducting sieges or establishing conquests. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Both in England and on the Continent the ascendant rulers seized upon Christianity as a unifying force to cement their conquests. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Many stories of his prowess and of his conquests were in circulation. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Nevertheless she was a great favourite with the men, and would make fifty conquests while Julia was bungling with one. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- They were victorious at last and divided their conquests equably among their great patrician families. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- But I doubt whether our conquests in the countries I treat of would be as easy as those of Ferdinando Cortez over the naked Americans. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- The conquests of Alexander the Great cannot compare with them in extent. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- As to admirers, you hardly know what they are; you can't even talk on the subject: you sit dumb when the other teachers quote their conquests. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The greater part of his Italian conquests was lost to the Lombards. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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