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征服;占領
Conquest is the act of conquering a country or group of people.
例句
He had led the conquest of southern Poland in 1939...
1939年,他指揮了攻占波蘭南部的行動。
After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve...
諾曼征服之后,這片森林成為了皇家狩獵區。
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(戰爭中)征服的土地,占領地
Conquests are lands that have been conquered in war.
例句
He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former conquests.
他意識到除非英國至少歸還一部分以前的占領地,否則國無寧日。
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(愛情或性關系方面的)俘虜,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.
例句
Despite his conquests, he remains lonely and isolated.
盡管他俘獲過很多女人的芳心,卻依然孤單寂寞。
...men who boast about their sexual conquests to all their friends.
向所有朋友吹噓自己如何搞定女人的男人
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(愛情或性關系方面)被俘虜者
You can refer to the person that someone has succeeded in attracting as their conquest.
例句
Pushkin was a womaniser whose conquests included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.
普希金是個情場老手,各種各樣的女性,從妓女到公主,都成了他的俘虜。
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克服;攻克
The conquest of something such as a problem is success in ending it or dealing with it.
例句
The conquest of inflation has been the Government's overriding economic priority for nearly 15 years.
遏制通貨膨脹是政府近15年來經濟工作方面的頭等大事。
...the conquest of cancer.
攻克癌癥