conquer是什么意思

conquer

英 ['k??k?] 美 ['kɑ?k?]

conquer 征服，攻克——攻克

conquer 戰勝

con-, 強調。-quer, 追尋，追求，詞源同query, question. 詞義由追求到戰勝。

conquer: conquer: [13] Latin conquīrere originally meant ‘seek something out’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and quaerere ‘seek’ (source of English query, quest, question, inquire, and require). Bit by bit, ‘searching for something’ slid into ‘acquiring it’, including by force of arms: hence the sense ‘vanquish’, already current in the 13th century. The term Conqueror appears first to have been applied to William I of England around 1300.
=> enquire, inquest, query, quest, question, require
conquer (v.): c. 1200, cunquearen, from Old French conquerre "conquer, defeat, vanquish," from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (for Latin conquirere) "to search for, procure by effort, win," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + quaerere "to seek, gain" (see query (v.)). Related: Conquered; conquering.

1. They feared that totalitarians might yet conquer the entire world.: 他們擔心極權主義者會征服整個世界。

2. They became overheated nationalists, militarists, and they were out to conquer.: 他們變成了過分狂熱的民族主義分子和軍國主義分子，并想要征服別國。

3. I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences.: 我相信愛足以克服我們的種種差異。

4. Garland tried to appear casual, but he couldn't conquer his unease.: 加蘭努力裝出無所謂的樣子，可是他沒法克服自己的局促不安。