Front | vanquish |
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Pron | ['væŋkwɪʃ] |
Back | 【VANQUISH】 At first she shivered from her fear but at last she could vanquish it. 起初她因害怕而颤抖,但最后终于能克服它。 【重点词汇】 vanquish v. 征服 同: overcome |
Vocab | vanquishcome out better in a competition, race, or conflict
To vanquish is to be the complete and total winner, to overpower and overcome, whether in a contest, a race, or a war. It generally suggests a total trouncing, to the point of humiliation — or worse — for the loser. Sometimes words for the same thing are effective in different ways because they offer different levels of meaning. For example, in a game, you can simply win, or you can vanquish your opponent. The former is enough, but the latter makes that defeat sound so much worse, like a total rout. Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once stated, "Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful." All forms of 'vanquish' will appear on average once every 817 pages. vanquish vanquishable vanquisher unvanquishable unvanquished |
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