[with obj.]overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force 击败,征服(人);攻占(地方) he conquered Cyprus. 他征服了塞浦路斯。 ■climb (a mountain) successfully 成功地攀登(山峰) the second Briton to conquer Everest. 第二个成功攀登埃佛勒斯峰的英国人。 ■successfully overcome (a problem or weakness) 战胜,破除,克服(问题,弱点) a fear she never managed to conquer. 她从未克服的恐惧。
派生 conquerable adjective conqueror noun 语源
Middle English (also in the general sense 'acquire, attain'): from Old French conquerre, based on Latin conquirere 'gain, win', from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere 'seek'