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外刊例句
- After the second world war it was subjugated by the Soviet Union.
第二次世界大战后,它被苏联征服了。
——《经济学人》 - Forcing these families to subjugate their mourning is a crime, a moral crime.
强迫这些家庭克制哀悼是一种犯罪,一种道德犯罪。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] bring under domination or control, especially by conquest
[动词] (尤指通过征服)使处于统治或控制之中
深入解读
Subjugate 一词逆构自 subjugation (征服、克制、从属),或者源自拉丁语 subiugare (征服、制服,字面义“置于轭下”)的过去分词 subiugatus 。
该词最早出现于15世纪初,相应也是用来表示“征服、制服、使服从、使屈从”,常作正式用语并使用被动语态,主要指通过武力征服强迫某人或某个群体服从,并使之完全处于统治或控制之中,如同奴隶那般,比如:
- 被征服的民族
a subjugated race - 他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗人,但只持续了10年就无果而终了。
Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
从这个概念出发, subjugate 既被用来引申指“使从属、使隶属”,比如:
- 宪法规定司法部门隶属于全国代表大会。
The constitution subjugates the judiciary to the National Assembly.
也被进一步用来表示“克制、抑制”愿望、渴望、信仰等或者说“使让位于、使退居其次”,主要指使某个事物视为不如另一个事物那么重要,如同被征服了那般,比如:
- 她的宏伟抱负让位给了家庭的需要。
Her grandiose ambitions had been subjugated to the needs of her family.
权威用例
中国人民从来没有欺负、压迫、奴役过其他国家人民,过去没有,现在没有,将来也不会有。同时,中国人民也绝不允许任何外来势力欺负、压迫、奴役我们,谁妄想这样干,必将在14亿多中国人民用血肉筑成的钢铁长城面前碰得头破血流!
We have never bullied, oppressed, or subjugated the people of any other country, and we never will. By the same token, we will never allow any foreign force to bully, oppress, or subjugate us. Anyone who would attempt to do so will find themselves on a collision course with a great wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese people.
出自习总书记在庆祝中国共产党成立100周年大会上的讲话(双语全文)。
同近义词
- conquer: overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force
- vanquish: defeat thoroughly
- subdue: overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person)