词汇精选：conquest的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

征服，战胜，击败，占领 [U,C]

例句：

The French conquest was in 1066.

法兰西征服（英格兰）发生在1066年。

例句：

Jerusalem has seen endless conquests and occupations.

耶路撒冷历经无数次征服、占领。

战利品，赢得物 [C]

例句：

He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former conquests.

他意识到除非英国至少归还一部分以前的占领地，否则国无宁日。

例句：

Conquest is the motive.

战利品就是动机。

俘虏 [C]

例句：

The rich and handsome young man made a conquest of Jeanne.

这位富裕而又英俊的年轻人赢得了琴的爱情。

例句：

Pushkin was a womaniser whose conquests included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.

普希金是个情场老手，各种各样的女性，从妓女到公主，都成了他的俘虏。

克服，攻克 [U]

例句：

The basic aim of this institution is the conquest of disease.

本协会的基本宗旨是征服疾病。

例句：

The conquest of inflation has been the Government's overriding economic priority for nearly 15 years.

遏制通货膨胀是政府近15年来经济工作方面的头等大事。

二、词义辨析：

victory,conquest,triumph

这些名词均有“胜利”之意。victory普通用词，主要指在战争、斗争或竞赛中获得的胜利，侧重艰辛与成功。conquest指获取胜利或征服，把败者置于控制之下。triumph着重胜利或成功的辉煌与彻底。

三、参考例句：

Conquest is the motive.

战利品就是动机。

The French conquest was in 1066.

法兰西征服（英格兰）发生在1066年。

They succeeded in the conquest of the city.

他们成功地征服了这座城市。

His spirit of daring and conquest impressed us.

他们勇敢的不屈的精神让我们印象深刻。

They succeeded in the conquest of that city.

他们夺取了那城市。

The Normans ruled England by right of conquest.

诺曼人征服了英格兰成了统治者。

The basic aim of this institution is the conquest of disease.

本协会的基本宗旨是征服疾病。

During the Norman Conquest British officialdom took on French as their official language.

诺曼人征服英国期间，英国官场采用法语作为官方语言。

The rich and handsome young man made a conquest of Jeanne.

这位富裕而又英俊的年轻人赢得了琴的爱情。

Fortune is admirable, but the conquest of misfortune is more admirable.

好的运气令人羡慕，而战胜厄运则更令人惊叹。