| 单词 | subjugate |
| 释义 | sub·ju·gate /ˈsʌbdʒəɡeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal BEAT/DEFEATto defeat a person or group and make them obey you 使屈服，征服，降伏 The native population was subjugated and exploited. 土著人被征服，并遭受剥削。a subjugated people/nation/country 被征服的人民/民族/国家be subjugated to somebody/something Her own needs had been subjugated to (=not considered as important as) the needs of her family. 她自己的需要服从于她家庭的需要。n Grammar Subjugate is usually passive. —subjugation /ˌsʌbdʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussubjugate• He was correct in so far as our forebears were piteously shattered but quite wrong in thinking that they could be subjugated.• She draws on subterranean forces to subjugate and control.• And she had thought she could subjugate him!• In cases concerning children it is often necessary to subjugate justice to the adults to the interests of the children.• Because that power comes so naturally, the elder women may not have felt the need to subjugate men.• Peter firmly subjugated the Church to the State.• It would mean at the very least, firmly subjugating the Commission to an elected authority.• In 1619, the Dutch subjugated the island of Java.• The war, he said, had been launched to save the Union, not to subjugate the South.Origin subjugate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of subjugare, from jugum “yoke”sub·ju·gate verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable group Corpus defeat or and a person make to |
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