Conquest
['kɒŋkwest] or ['kɑŋkwɛst]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) success in mastering something difficult; 'the conquest of space'.
(noun.) the act of conquering.
阿方索整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
贺拉斯校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Subjugation, subjection, mastery, reduction, overthrow, rout.[2]. Victory, triumph.
錄入:梅利特
例句/造句/用法:
- And yet it all depends on the toilful conquest of a subtle and intricate art. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But all the Greek communities were not of this conquest type. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They will fight nature no longer as dull conscripts of the pick and plough, but for a splendid conquest. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- To-day traditional Christianity has weakened in the face of man's interest in the conquest of this world. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- 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. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Another, to respect more the property of private persons under conquest, and to be content with acquired dominion. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- For a time they shared a common dread of French conquest and dominion. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In 642 the Arabs having pushed their conquest into northern Africa gained possession of Alexa ndria. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Xerxes was murdered in his palace about 465 B.C., and thereafter Persia made no further attempts at conquest in Europe. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- 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. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- All his dreams of conquest over disease a nd death seemed to vanish. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Only conquest from the outside could unite the Greeks, and until Greece was conquered they had no political unity. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The Turkish conquests and the expansion of the known world robbed the Roman Empire of its former prestige of universality. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Now this story of Mongolian conquests is surely the most remarkable in all history. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- During the same period the Moslems were also pressing their conquests further and further into Central Asia. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The one seeks violent conquests, the other the relief of humanity. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Many conquests, sir? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He was left in the air, incapable of conducting sieges or establishing conquests. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Both in England and on the Continent the ascendant rulers seized upon Christianity as a unifying force to cement their conquests. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Many stories of his prowess and of his conquests were in circulation. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Nevertheless she was a great favourite with the men, and would make fifty conquests while Julia was bungling with one. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- They were victorious at last and divided their conquests equably among their great patrician families. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- 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. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The conquests of Alexander the Great cannot compare with them in extent. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 維萊特.
- The greater part of his Italian conquests was lost to the Lombards. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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