武力征服
這一族就是核心畫面的字面版本：真的有軍隊、真的有戰鬥。
conquer, invade and rule · verb · C1
To take control of a country by fighting, so that your side now rules it.
征服
核心畫面
One way to picture it: an army marches into a land, wins the fighting, and from that day the land answers to them — not just a win, but a win that ends with you holding the place.
「打下來、然後握在手裡」：軍隊開進一塊土地，把抵抗打光，從那天起這塊地聽誰的就換人了。它跟單純的「贏」差別很大——比…更多收起
「打下來、然後握在手裡」：軍隊開進一塊土地，把抵抗打光，從那天起這塊地聽誰的就換人了。它跟單純的「贏」差別很大——比賽贏了，對手回家，你什麼也沒拿走；conquer 的重點在於戰鬥結束之後那個持續的狀態：對方不再能反抗，而你取得了支配權。所以這個字天生帶著「用力氣壓過去」和「事後歸我管」兩層意思。From the word’s history
From Latin conquirere / Late Latin conquaerere, from con- (intensive) + quaerere ('to seek, to try to obtain'). The root sense is 'to seek out and get hold of', which is why the modern word points not just at fighting but at ending up in possession.
字根很能解釋這個字的重量：拉丁文 quaerere 是「尋求、設法取得」（英文 quest、require、acquire 都是這一家），前面加上加強語氣的 con-，就是「一路追求到手」。所以 conquer 骨子裡不是「打架」而是「求取並取得」——戰爭只是取得的手段。這也說明為什麼它能自然地用在山和市場上：只要是「費力去追、最後拿下」，這個字就站得住。
Wiktionary (conquer), via Old French conquerre < Late Latin conquaerere < Latin con- + quaerere; the same quaerere root is given for quest/acquire/require.
Three branches
克服內在的困難
把戰爭的畫面整個搬進心裡：敵人換成自己的恐懼或困境，但「久戰之後取得支配權」這個結構完全保留下來。
conquer, overcome (fear, illness) · verb · C1
To gain control over something hard — a fear, a problem, or an illness — after a lot of effort.
克服
攻下高山與市場
山不會反抗、市場也不會打仗，但說話的人刻意借用軍事的口氣，把「難以抵達的目標」講成「要攻下的territory」。
conquer, summit a mountain · verb · C1
To reach the top of a mountain that nobody has ever climbed before.
征服
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
conquerverb/ˈkɒŋkə/
- 1
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
- I lay in the desert beyond all cities and sounds, and above me flowed the River of Silence through the sky; and on the desert’s edge night fought against the Sun, and suddenly conquered.
- 2
To become a leader, decisive factor or champion in an area.
- With her successes, she has truly conquered the committee, all of whose members now defer to her on most issues.
- It was his campaign manager's strategy that truly conquered the election for him.
- 3
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
- In 1453, the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople.
- I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]
- 4
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
- Today I conquered my fear of flying by finally boarding a plane.
- to conquer difficulties or temptations
- 5
datedTo gain, win, or obtain by effort.
- to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。