subjugate
verb [usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they subjugate | |
| he / she / it subjugates | |
| past simple subjugated | |
| past participle subjugated | |
| -ing form subjugating |
to defeat somebody/something; to gain control over somebody/something 征服；制伏；使屈服；使服从 - be subjugated (to something)
Her personal ambitions had been subjugated to (= considered less important than) the needs of her family. 她个人的雄心壮志让位给了家庭的需要。 a subjugated race 被征服的民族
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin subjugat- ‘brought under a yoke’, from the verb subjugare, based on jugum ‘yoke’.- be subjugated (to something)