[VERB 动词]占领;征服 If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
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During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia...
1936年,墨索里尼攻占了阿比西尼亚。
Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.
11世纪早期,整个英格兰再次被北欧海盗征服。
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[VERB 动词]克服;攻克 If you conquer something such as a problem, you succeed in ending it or dealing with it successfully.
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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。
He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.
他一直未能戒除烟瘾。
... the oldest climber ever to conquer the mountain.
征服这座山的年纪最大的登山者
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con·quer/ˈkɒŋkə(r); NAmEˈkɑːŋkər/verb1conquersb/sth to take control of a country or city and its people by force 占领;攻克;征服◆The Normans conquered England in 1066.诺曼人于 1066 年征服了英格兰。◆conquered peoples/races/territories被征服的民族╱种族;被占领的领土2conquersb to defeat sb, especially in a competition, race, etc. (尤指比赛、赛跑等中)击败,战胜◆The world champion conquered yet another challenger last night.昨晚这位世界冠军又战胜了一名挑战者。3conquersth to succeed in dealing with or controlling sth (成功地)对付,克服,控制◆The only way to conquer a fear is to face it.克服恐惧的唯一方法是正视恐惧。◆Mount Everest was conquered (= successfully climbed)in 1953. 珠穆朗玛峰于 1953 年被征服。4conquersth to become very popular or successful in a place 在(某地)很受欢迎;在(某地)成功◆The band is now setting out to conquer the world.这支乐队现在要出发去征服世界。conquerconquersconqueredconqueringcon·quer/ˈkɒŋkə(r); NAmEˈkɑːŋkər/
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conquercon‧quer /ˈkɒŋkə $ ˈkɑːŋkər/ ●●○ verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to get control of a country by fighting: The Normans conquered England in 1066. Egypt was conquered by the Persian King Kambyses.2[intransitive, transitive] to defeat an enemy: The Zulus conquered all the neighbouring tribes.3[transitive] to gain control over something that is difficult, using a lot of effortconquer your nerves/fear She was determined to conquer her fear of flying. efforts to conquer inflation drugs to conquer the disease4[transitive] to succeed in climbing to the top of a mountain when no one has ever climbed it before: an attempt to conquer the peaks of Everest5[transitive] to become very successful in a place: In the last few years, the company has succeeded in conquering the European market.—conqueror noun [countable]—conquering adjective: conquering heroes
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