[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]征服;占领Conquest is the act of conquering a country or group of people.
[also N in pl]
He had led the conquest of southern Poland in 1939...
1939年,他指挥了攻占波兰南部的行动。
After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve...
诺曼征服之后,这片森林成为了皇家狩猎区。
Jerusalem has seen endless conquests and occupations.
耶路撒冷历经无数次征服、占领。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](战争中)征服的土地,占领地Conquests are lands that have been conquered in war.
[usu pl]
He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former conquests.
他意识到除非英国至少归还一部分以前的占领地,否则国无宁日。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](爱情或性关系方面的)俘虏,征服 If someone makes a conquest, they succeed in attracting and usually sleeping with another person. You usually use conquest when you want to indicate that this relationship is not important to the person concerned.
[usu poss N]
Despite his conquests, he remains lonely and isolated.
尽管他俘获过很多女人的芳心,却依然孤单寂寞。
...men who boast about their sexual conquests to all their friends.
向所有朋友吹嘘自己如何搞定女人的男人
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](爱情或性关系方面)被俘虏者 You can refer to the person that someone has succeeded in attracting as their conquest.
[oft poss N]
Pushkin was a womaniser whose conquests included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.
普希金是个情场老手,各种各样的女性,从妓女到公主,都成了他的俘虏。
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[N-SING 单数名词]克服;攻克The conquest of something such as a problem is success in ending it or dealing with it.
[usu the N of n]
The conquest of inflation has been the Government's overriding economic priority for nearly 15 years.
遏制通货膨胀是政府近15年来经济工作方面的头等大事。
...the conquest of cancer.
攻克癌症
Oxford
con·quest/ˈkɒŋkwest; NAmEˈkɑːŋkwest/noun1[singular , uncountable ]the act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force 征服;占领◆the Norman Conquest (= of England in 1066)诺曼征服(即 1066 年诺曼人征服英格兰)2[countable ]an area of land taken by force 占领(或征服)的地区◆the Spanish conquests in South America西班牙人在南美洲的占领地3[countable ]( usually humorous) a person that sb has persuaded to love them or to have sex with them (爱情或性方面)被俘虏的人◆I'm just one of his many conquests.我仅仅是他的众多俘虏之一。4[uncountable ]the act of gaining control over sth that is difficult or dangerous (对困难、危险等的)控制◆the conquest of inflation对通货膨胀的控制conquestconquestscon·quest/ˈkɒŋkwest; NAmEˈkɑːŋkwest/
LDC
conquestcon‧quest /ˈkɒŋkwest $ ˈkɑːŋ-/ ●○○ noun
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1[singular, uncountable] the act of getting control of a country by fighting: the Norman Conquest (=the conquest of England by the Normans)conquest of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire► see thesaurus at
victory
2[countable] land that is won in a war: French conquests in Asia3[countable] someone that you have persuaded to love you or to have sex with you – often used humorously: He boasts about his many conquests.4[countable] when you gain control of or deal successfully with something that is difficult or dangerousconquest of the conquest of space
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