词汇释义
subjugate TEM8 IELTS GRE
UK /ˈsʌb.dʒə.ɡeɪt/ US /ˈsʌb.dʒə.ɡeɪt/
1. verb, If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war.(尤指在战争中)征服，制服，使屈服
2. verb, If your wishes or desires are subjugated to something, they are treated as less important than that thing.使(愿望、渴望)退居其次，使让位于
外刊例句
1. The lesson he takes from the army‘s actions in the cities and in the hinterlands: “This is the military trying to subjugate the entire country once again.”(Washington Times)
2. I recall watching with sad admiration, decades ago, the dauntless activism of what was once known as the Captive Nations lobby, those brave refugees and descendants from the Baltic states then subjugated by Soviet communism.(Washington Post)
3. “Our external political activities must focus on controlling and subjugating the United States, our archenemy and the biggest stumbling block to the development of our revolution,” Mr. Kim said.(New York Times)
4. The former defense secretary James Mattis said Trump “fomented” the attack, intended “to subjugate American democracy by mob rule”.(The Guardian)
5. RNC members will vote in late January on whether to keep McDaniel as chair in an early test of how powerful Trump remains and how willing Republicans are to subjugate the party to his wishes.(Reuters)
6. He also insisted on further subjugating Tibetan Buddhism to socialist principles.(The Guardian)
7. “In truth women are the most subjugated people on earth,” she said.(Forbes)
8. Arizona, concluded that police interrogations existed only “to subjugate the individual to the will of his examiner.”(New York Times)
9. "There is plenty of evidence that the cement and concrete cartel subjugated the Brazilian economy for decades," Octaviani told fellow Cade members at a hearing, which lasted for over ten hours.(Reuters)
10. The law, said the tribes’ lawyers in a court filing, “explicitly refused to subjugate tribal lenders to the jurisdiction of the states.”(New York Times)
11. Both the statements focus at centralizing the Eurozone within the hands of Germany, UK and France and subjugating other Euro nations.(Economist)
12. The idea that the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans is somehow subjugating the other 99 percent against their will quickly became the credo of the movement.(Business Week)
词汇搭配
subjugate people
词汇来源
early 15c., a back-formation from subjugation or else from Latin subiugatus, past participle of subiugare "to subjugate, subdue," literally "bring under the yoke," from sub "under" (see sub-) + iugum "yoke," from PIE root *yeug- "to join." Related: Subjugated; subjugating.
近义词
conquer, defeat, overcome, dominate, overpower, subdue, vanquish
反义词
fail, lose, surrender, retreat
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