conquer

• vt. 战胜，征服；攻克，攻取
• vi. 胜利；得胜

con-, 强调。-quer, 追寻，追求，词源同query, question. 词义由追求到战胜。

conquer

conquer: [13] Latin conquīrere originally meant ‘seek something out’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and quaerere ‘seek’ (source of English query, quest, question, inquire, and require). Bit by bit, ‘searching for something’ slid into ‘acquiring it’, including by force of arms: hence the sense ‘vanquish’, already current in the 13th century. The term Conqueror appears first to have been applied to William I of England around 1300.
=> enquire, inquest, query, quest, question, require

conquer (v.)

c. 1200, cunquearen, from Old French conquerre "conquer, defeat, vanquish," from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (for Latin conquirere) "to search for, procure by effort, win," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + quaerere "to seek, gain" (see query (v.)). Related: Conquered; conquering.

1. They feared that totalitarians might yet conquer the entire world.

他们担心极权主义者会征服整个世界。

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2. They became overheated nationalists, militarists, and they were out to conquer.

他们变成了过分狂热的民族主义分子和军国主义分子，并想要征服别国。

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3. I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences.

我相信爱足以克服我们的种种差异。

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4. Garland tried to appear casual, but he couldn't conquer his unease.

加兰努力装出无所谓的样子，可是他没法克服自己的局促不安。

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5. He is having therapy to conquer his phobia.

他在接受治疗以克服自己的恐惧症。

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