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    A conquest is the act of taking control of a place, a people, or a country by force, usually in war. History books talk about things like 'the Roman conquest' or 'the conquest of a kingdom.' The word can also be used more loosely and , like calling a big win or a person someone has successfully won over a 'conquest,' though this casual use can sound a bit .

    征服;佔領

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組成From Latin 'con-' + 'quaerere' (to seek, to gain) — the same root as 'quest.'

同家族的字

  • conquershares the same Latin root meaning to seek and win
  • questshares the Latin root 'quaerere,' to seek
  • requestshares the Latin root 'quaerere,' to seek

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

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Conquestname

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    The personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse.

  • 2

    An English surname from Old French, from Old French conqueste (“conquest”), probably originally a nickname.

  • 3

    A town in Cayuga County, New York, United States.

  • 4

    A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.

conquestnoun詞源 1/ˈkɒŋkwɛst/

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    An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

    • Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians
  • 2

    An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.

    • Mankind's conquest of space
    • Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
  • 3

    That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.

    • Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
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    obsoleteThe acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

    • What we call purchase, perquisitio, the feudists called conquest, conqucestus, or conquisitio
  • 5

    A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.

    • And, crowning glory of the evening! a conquest was made, a conquest so sudden, so brilliant, and so obvious, that it was enough to give any fête at which it occurred the immortality of a season.
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    video-gamesA competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.

conquestverb詞源 1/ˈkɒŋkwɛst/

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    businessmarketingTo compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.

conquestverb詞源 2/ˈkɒŋkwɛst/

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    archaicTo conquer.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。