Subdue
[səb'djuː] or [səb'du]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
(v. t.) To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.
(v. t.) To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.
(v. t.) To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions.
(v. t.) To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.
(v. t.) To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.
(v. t.) To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.
(v. t.) To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.
編輯:谢尔顿
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Conquer, subjugate, vanquish, beat, crush, defeat, rout, discomfit, worst, overpower, overcome, overbear, overwhelm, master, choke, foil, quell, surmount, get the better of, get the upper hand of, put down, beat down.[2]. Tame, HAVE ON THE HIP, subject, control, make submissive, bring under rule.
手打:梅格
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Conquer, reduce, overpower, break, tame, quell, vanquish, subdue, master,subjugate
ANT:Aggrandize, exalt, fortify, strengthen, empower, liberate, enfranchise
赛勒斯錄入
解釋/意思:
v.t. to conquer: to bring under dominion: to render submissive: to tame: to soften.—adj. Subdū′able.—n. Subdū′al the act of subduing.—adj. Subdued′ toned down.—ns. Subdued′ness; Subdue′ment (Shak.) conquests; Subdū′er.
錄入:雷内
例句/造句/用法:
- Tarzan would have liked to subdue the ugly beast without recourse to knife or arrows. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Meyler was man of the world enough to subdue his feelings so far as to treat Ebrington with something like civility. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- She would not subdue one of her charms in compassion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Something in his prompt acquiescence frightened her; she felt behind it the stored force of a patience that might subdue the strongest will. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- With all his cruel ferocity and coldness there was an undercurrent of something in Tars Tarkas which he seemed ever battling to subdue. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- You shall subdue the society which has grievously wronged you, to your own high spirit. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Did you--' Bradley tried to ask it quietly; but, do what he might with his voice, he could not subdue his face;--'did you ever see them together? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It had cleared in the morning, and the sun was shining with a subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- On the bright hill-sides was a subdued smoulder of gorse. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- He seemed not one whit subdued by the change of scene and action impending. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Dorothea set earnestly to work, bending close to her map, and uttering the names in an audible, subdued tone, which often got into a chime. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He clasped his hands together, and involuntarily uttered a subdued exclamation of horror. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Yet while Dr. Bretton continued subdued, and, for him, sedate, he was still observant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- There were intervals in which she could sit perfectly still, enjoying the outer stillness and the subdued light. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The Queen, his wife, knew this: it seemed to me, the reflection of her husband's grief lay, a subduing shadow, on her own benignant face. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Men pass through such superhuman loves and outlive them: they are the probation subduing the heart to human joys. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I looked in the glass, settled my headdress as becomingly as possible, and trusted to my charms and soft speeches for subduing his anger as usual. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Five harpoons and one hundred and fifty-one bullets were used in subduing the monster, and it took five days to finally kill it. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- And now, as I close my task, subduing my desire to linger yet, these faces fade away. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The wind, prince of air, raged through his kingdom, lashing the sea into fury, and subduing the rebel earth into some sort of obedience. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Mr Wegg slowly subdues his ironical tone and his lingering irritation, and resumes his pipe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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