conquer

英 ['kɒŋkə] 美 ['kɑŋkɚ]

conquer 征服，攻克——攻克

conquer 战胜

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。

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。

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。

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。