1.[sing][u]征服;占领the act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force
the Norman Conquest(= of England in 1066)诺曼征服(即 1066 年诺曼人征服英格兰)
2.[c]占领(或征服)的地区an area of land taken by force
the Spanish conquests in South America西班牙人在南美洲的占领地
3.[c](爱情或性方面)被俘虏的人a person that sb has persuaded to love them or to have sex with them
I'm just one of his many conquests.我仅仅是他的众多俘虏之一。
4.[u](对困难、危险等的)控制the act of gaining control over sth that is difficult or dangerous
the conquest of inflation对通货膨胀的控制
Yet this was just one of a series of war crimes committed by the Japanese Army during its conquest of eastern China.
然而这只是日军在侵略中国东部时犯下的一些列罪状之一。
Was all this costly conquest really worth it? asked the company's Delft shareholders in 1644.
这些高昂的代价真的值得吗?公司在代尔夫特(Delft)的股东在1644年问道。
However, what the conquerors did not realize was the Indian conquest of minds and cultures that would follow their physical act of conquest.
然而,征服者没有想到,征服了印度人的身体行为之后,还要征服他们的思想文化。
She was not attracted to David, but she was pleased with her new "conquest" because she wanted to make Joe jealous.
她对大卫并不心向神往,但她高兴有了新的“爱情俘虏”。他要让乔妒忌。
Your ancestor was one of the twelve knights who assisted the Lord of Estremavilla in Normandy in his conquest of Glamorganshire.
你的祖先是辅佐诺曼底的埃斯彻玛维拉勋爵征服格拉摩甘郡的十二个骑士当中的一个。
As a spiritual aristocrat, he has no truck with the complacent notions of progress and conquest of a Whiggish middle class.
他本人是一个精神世界丰富的贵族,他不会对国家的经济发展洋洋得意,也不会花心思去研究如何战胜辉格党中产阶级。
"Only enter into my plans, and second me with all your power, and I will lead you to its conquest. "
“请你们了解我,尽力帮助我,我要带着你们去征服它。”
And yet, despite its conquest of conversations the world over, there remain vast areas of language where OK is scarcely to be found.
然而,尽管OK已经主宰了世界各地的对话,它还是很难出现在很大一部分场合中。
The conquest of Egypt had given the Moslim a fleet, and for a time it looked as though they would take Constantinople.
征服埃及为穆斯林造就了一支舰队,一时间他们似乎要攻克君士坦丁堡。
All that mattered was conquest in the name of Kratos, their great leader, who had become near invincible.
所有的一切都以一个人的名义而征服,他们的伟大领袖,那个近乎无敌的存在。
Yes. The Norman Conquest was the last successful invasion of England because England has never been invaded since.
是的,诺曼征服者是英格兰最后的侵略者,因为英格兰此后再也没被侵略过了
In a colony acquired by conquest, or ceded to England by treaty, the local laws and customs were to be respected and kept in place.
在一个由征服而获得的殖民地上,或者由条约而割让形成的殖民地上,原有的法律和习惯将得到尊重和维持。
And I'll tell you why: for someone who loves to conquer, the greatest joy is the conquest, so I ask, 'if you pay, what joy can there be?
我还要告诉你为什么:对于爱征服的人来说,最大的乐趣在于征服的过程,所以我想问,如果你花钱,那还有什么乐趣呢?
It was to their attacks upon, Settlements in, and final conquest of England that the Scandinavian influence upon Old English was due.
正是由于他们对英格兰的攻击、进驻和最终的征服导致了斯堪的那维亚语对英语的影响。
His superb skills, His personal charisma, Not proud of his high would you have absolutely no doubt that the conquest.
他的高超球技、他的个人魅力、他的高而不傲无疑会把你完全征服。
In his then state of ecstatic agony such a conquest would have cost him little.
在他当时痛苦恍惚的状态里,这样一次胜利不会要他付出多大代价。
It is thought that this final move marked the completion of the conquest of his heritage.
有人认为这一最后的步骤标志着他已经完成了对其所承继的地域的征服。
His most significant conquest at court was not a rich dowager but Sarah, who became his wife.
他在宫廷中最重要的征服并非哪一位富有的遗孀,而是成为他妻子的莎拉。
Let us not, however, flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human conquest over nature.
我们不要过分陶醉于我们对自然界的胜利。
Before the Norman Conquest of Britain, people did not have hereditary surnames: they were known just by a personal name or nickname.
在诺曼底人占领英国时,人们没有家族的姓名:他们用一个名字或昵称称呼对方。
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