subdue
发音
英 [səbˈdju:]
美 [səbˈdu]
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- vt.
- 征服
- 克制
- 制服
单词词源
subdue 制伏，控制，抑制，压制
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。
双语例句
- 1. The king cobra can subdue its dinner without suffering from any venomous counterattack .
- 因此眼镜王蛇可以从容征服他们的“晚餐”而不必遭受毒液的反击。
- 2. Many believe that stalin reckoned that such ruthless tactics would permanently weaken the poles , and make them a much easier people to subdue .
- 许多人认为，斯大林猜想这样的残酷战术会永久地削弱波兰人，从而使其更容易被征服。
- 3. Through it all , fagan shows how humans followed similar paths around the world to try to tame , subdue and master water , and how it really masters us .
- 通过所有这些，费根揭示了人类在全世界范围是如何依照相仿的方式将水驯化、征服乃至掌握的，还展示了水对我们是何等至关重要。
- 4. You can read commencement addresses from the 19th and early 20th centuries in which the speakers would talk about the beast within and the need for iron character to subdue it .
- 读一读从19世纪到20世纪初期的学生毕业讲演辞，你就会发现，演讲人都提到了潜藏的兽性和征服它所需要的钢铁般的意志。
- 5. Today the afghan war has morphed into a war against the pashtuns - perhaps the most war-like people on earth , whom two great empires before us , the russian and the british , failed to subdue .
- 今天的阿富汗战争已经演变成一场和普什图族人的战争---普什图族人也许是地球上最好战的民族，我们之前的两大帝国俄罗斯和英国都没能征服它们。