vanquish是什么意思,vanquish怎么用

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vanquish

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📰 外刊例句

Has inflation been vanquished , or is it bouncing back? 通货膨胀是被征服了,还是在反弹?

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[verb] defeat thoroughly
[动词] 彻底击败


💡 深入解读

从拼写上来看, vanquish 是一个与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)推送过的relinquish有着相同结尾的单词,两者可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看, vanquish 一词源自拉丁语vincere(战胜、征服),最早于14世纪中期经古法语veintre(击败)的拓展词干venquis-进入英语,也是用来表示“击败、战胜、征服”,常作书面用语使用,侧重指在具有一定尊严的重大行动中彻底击败某个人而非某个事物,常意味着一种完全压倒一切的胜利

Napoleon was vanquished at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.拿破仑在1815年滑铁卢战役中战败。

A happy ending is only possible because the hero has first vanquished the dragons.只有主人公先把那些恶龙制服,才有可能实现大团圆结局。

从这个概念出发, vanquish 还常用来引申指“克服、控制、抑制”,常意味完全驾驭某种情感、激情、诱惑等。比如:克服恐惧心理

vanquish one's fears


📚 名著用例

Voldemort had been vanquished hours before, but his supporters--and many of them are almost as terrible as he--were still at large, angry, desperate, and violent. 伏地魔几个小时前被打败了,但是他的那些支持者还在逍遥法外,他们都是愤怒而残暴的亡命之徒,并且他们中的很多人都像伏地魔一样可怕。

— 出自《英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第五本《哈利·波特与凤凰社》( Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix )。》


🔍 同近义词

  • trounce: defeat heavily in a contest
  • subjugate: bring under domination or control, especially by conquest
  • subdue: overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person)
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