这些动词都含“征服,战胜”之意。
conquer侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。
overcome多指战胜或克服非物质的东西,如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。
overthrow指彻底击败对手,使其丧失力量和地位。
defeat普通用词,多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手,侧重胜利的暂时性。
beat口笔语都可用,可与defeat换用。
subdue正式用词,与conquer同义,但强调失败后的臣服状态;也可用作借喻,表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。
词根词缀法
词根subdue adj.subdued减弱的;被制服的;被抑制的v subdued使服从,压制,减弱(subdue的过去式和过去分词)
词源解说法
来自拉丁语subducere,拉走,拉下,来自sub-,在下,-duc,拉,引导,词源同deduce,deduct.引申诸相关比喻义。
单词扩展
subsidiary辅助的,次要的;附属的;子公司的
And with those hands , that grasp'd the heaviest club, Subdue my worthiest self.
让我用这一双曾经握过最沉重的武器的手, 征服我最英雄的自己.
来源:网络文摘精选KJV He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
[新译]他要使万民臣服在我们之下, 使列国臣服在我们的脚下.
来源:网络文摘精选Reform forces might capture the conventions and momentarily subdue the bosses.
改革势力也许能夺取代表大会,并暂时制服头头们.
来源:词典精选例句For it is another of nature's laws that only a habit can subdue another habit.
这也是自然法则之一,只有一种习惯才能抑制另一种习惯.
来源:网络文摘精选NIV how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
[和合]我便速速治服他们的仇敌,23反手攻击他们的敌人.
来源:网络文摘精选He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
3他叫万民服在我们以下, 又叫列邦服在我们脚下.
来源:网络文摘精选The plants and the protruding objects on the walls can absorb and subdue noise.
植物和墙面凸出物能有效地吸收和防挡噪声.
来源:网络文摘精选One day, an old man came to the villagers'rescue, offering to subdue Nian.
有一天, 一位老人来到村民救援, 提供制服念.
来源:网络文摘精选I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries.
诗81:14我便速速治服他们的仇敌、反手攻击他们的敌人.
来源:网络文摘精选当吓坏的客人在餐厅里头等待时, 动物保护官试著制服它.
来源:网络文摘精选Driving deep into the forests, she was able to subdue and possess a Succubus minion.
在森林深处, 她成功地征服了一个魔女,并占据了她的肉身.
来源:网络文摘精选For a century we laboured to settle and to subdue a continent.
我们花了一个世纪的时间辛勤劳动,以便在这块大陆上安居立业并征服这个大陆.
来源:演讲部分To subdue and control risk, we need design risk mechanism and emphasize encourage and restrain.
风险的消减一方面靠机制的控制,另一方面就是要强调风险管理激励和约束方面的内容.
来源:互联网摘选Senior government officials admit they have not been able to subdue the rebels.
政府高级官员承认他们还没能制服反叛者。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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