资料来源 : pyDict
战胜,征服,战利品
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Conquest \Con"quest\, n. [OF. conquest, conqueste, F.
conqu[^e]te, LL. conquistum, conquista, prop. p. p. from L.
conquirere. See {Conquer}.]
1. The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force;
the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force,
whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation;
victory.
In joys of conquest he resigns his breath.
--Addison.
Three years sufficed for the conquest of the
country. --Prescott.
2. That which is conquered; possession gained by force,
physical or moral.
Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
--Shak.
3. (Feudal Law) The acquiring of property by other means than
by inheritance; acquisition. --Blackstone.
4. The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle;
as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
{The Conquest} (Eng. Hist.), the subjugation of England by
William of Normandy in 1066.
资料来源 : WordNet®
conquest
n 1: the act of conquering [syn: {conquering}, {subjection}, {subjugation}]
2: success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of
space"
3: an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone [syn:
{seduction}]