Annexation is the act — or the finished event — of annexing: taking land and adding it to another country. Annex is the verb (and sometimes the extra building); annexation is the name of the move.

Annexation是指 is the act — or the finished event — of annexing一個動作，或已完成的事件，也就是「併吞」: taking land and adding it to another country把土地拿走、併入另一個國家。 Annex is the verb annex 是動詞 (and sometimes the extra building)（有時也指附加建築物）; annexation is the name of the move annexation 則是這個動作的名稱。

News and history books use it like a legal stamp: “the annexation of X.” It sounds formal and clean, even when the taking was messy or violent.

News and history books use it like a legal stamp新聞和歷史書會像蓋法律印章一樣使用它: "the annexation of X."「the annexation of X（某地的併吞）」 It sounds formal and clean聽起來正式又乾淨, even when the taking was messy or violent即使當初的佔領其實混亂又暴力。

Though actually, not every annexation looks like an army walking in on one morning. Some are sudden; some are prepared for years with maps, papers, and new rules.

Though actually不過事實上, not every annexation looks like an army walking in on one morning不是每次併吞看起來都像軍隊某天早上走進來那樣。 Some are sudden有些是突然發生的; some are prepared for years with maps, papers, and new rules有些則是花好幾年用地圖、文件和新規定準備好的。

Students sometimes use annexation for any war, or for any time an army stays in a place. An army can stay for a while and still call the place someone else’s. Annexation is when the taker treats the place as part of its own country from then on.

Students sometimes use annexation for any war學生有時候會把 annexation 用來指任何戰爭, or for any time an army stays in a place或指軍隊待在某地的任何情況。 An army can stay for a while軍隊可以待上一陣子 and still call the place someone else's但仍然把那個地方稱為別人的。 Annexation is when the taker treats the place as part of its own country from then on annexation 指的是佔領者從此把那個地方當成自己國家的一部分。