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the act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force 征服；占领 the Norman Conquest (= of England in 1066) 诺曼征服（即 1066 年诺曼人征服英格兰）
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc2He continued to expand his kingdom by conquest. 他通过征服手段继续扩张他的王国。 The army made many conquests in the east. 这支军队在东方征服了很多地方。 Trade rather than territorial conquest was held to be the route to progress. 贸易而不是领土征服被认为是进步的途径。 the English colonial conquest of the Indian subcontinent 英国对印度次大陆的殖民征服 the European conquest of South America 欧洲对南美洲的征服 the Muslim conquest of Spain in the 8th century 8 世纪穆斯林对西班牙的征服 the Roman conquest of Britain 罗马人对不列颠的征服 the Spanish conquest of Mexico 西班牙人对墨西哥的征服 the desire of each tribe to show its superiority through violent conquest 每个部落通过暴力征服彰显其优势的欲望 the rapid conquest of Madrid 对马德里的迅速占领 The Norman Conquest of England in 1066 led to changes in the system of government. 1066年诺曼人征服了英格兰，导致政体发生了很多变化。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- violent
- military
- Muslim
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- make
- complete
- by conquest
- through conquest
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an area of land taken by force 占领（或征服）的地区 the Spanish conquests in South America 西班牙人在南美洲的占领地
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- violent
- military
- Muslim
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- make
- complete
- by conquest
- through conquest
- conquest of
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- [countable] (usually humorous)
a person that somebody has persuaded to love them or to have sex with them （爱情或性方面）被俘虏的人 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- violent
- military
- Muslim
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- make
- complete
- by conquest
- through conquest
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the act of gaining control over something that is difficult or dangerous （对困难、危险等的）控制 the conquest of inflation 对通货膨胀的控制
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- violent
- military
- Muslim
- …
- make
- complete
- by conquest
- through conquest
- conquest of
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French conquest(e), based on Latin conquirere ‘gain, win’, from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere ‘seek’.