conquest

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒŋkwɛst/|/ˈkɒŋkwəst/    美 /ˈkɑnkwɛst/|/ˈkɑnkwəst/|/ˈkɑŋ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy. countable,uncountable
    — Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians
  2. An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles. broadly,countable,figuratively,often,uncountable
    — Mankind's conquest of space
  3. That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle. countable,uncountable
    — Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
  4. The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — What we call purchase, perquisitio, the feudists called conquest, conqucestus, or conquisitio
  5. A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections. colloquial,countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — And, crowning glory of the evening! a conquest was made, a conquest so sudden, so brilliant, and so obvious, that it was enough to give any fête at which it occurred the immortality of a season.
  6. A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
  2. To conquer. archaic

词形变化

conquests plural conquests present,singular,third-person conquesting participle,present conquested participle,past conquested past conquests present,singular,third-person conquesting participle,present conquested participle,past conquested past

词汇关系

衍生词
anticonquest conquest sale counterconquest Norman Conquest postconquest preconquest war of conquest reconquest

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin quaerō
Latin conquirō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin conquīsītusder.
Old French conquestebor.
Middle English conquest
English conquest
Inherited from Middle English conquest, borrowed from Old French conqueste.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Medieval Latin conquestōlbor.
Old French conquester
Middle French conquesterbor.
Middle English conquesten
English conquest
Inherited from Middle English conquesten, borrowed from Middle French conquester, from Old French conquester.
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