subjugate

词根词缀:

词根
jug= yoke 牛轭

conjugal adj. 婚姻的;夫妻的

con 共同 + jug 牛轭 + al …的,具有…性质的 → 共同在轭下 → 共同承担责任 → 婚姻的

conjugate v. 成对

con 共同 + jug 牛轭 + ate 做,造成,使… → 共同在轭下 → 成对

subjugate v. 征服

sub 下 + jug 牛轭 + ate 做,造成,使… → 把…放在牛轭下 → 征服

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相关例句:

It will, I think, be easy now that we have such a high-ranking official under our control, to subjugate the others, and then they can all work together to bring Scrimgeour down.

我想,现在有一个这样的高层官员在我们的控制之下,这对我们制服他人是很有利的。然后我们就可以利用他们把斯克林杰搞下台。

Queen Christina was the story of the legendary 17th century Swedish leader who abdicated her throne rather than subjugate herself to a man.

《瑞典女王》讲述的是十七世纪瑞典女王宁愿放弃王位而不愿屈服于一个男子的传奇故事。

In order to achieve this goal, Japan alone, or working with other countries of alike mind, embarked on a war of aggression, to subjugate all who stood in their way.

为了达到这个目的,日本单独或与其他具有同样目的的国家,发动侵略战争,以对付反对此侵略目的的国家!

Not only arms and arts, but man himself, has yielded to it. Since their occupation of Wuhan, they have come to realize that military force alone cannot subjugate China and have therefore resorted to political offensives and economic blandishments.

不但武力与技艺向它屈服,人类自身也向它屈服。因为日本帝国主义在占领武汉后,知道单用武力不能屈服中国,乃着手于政治进攻和经济引诱。

The old Yankees stopped at nothing to subjugate the Irish immigrants.

老杨基不顾一切地要制服爱尔兰移民。

Jour nalists must subjugate personal political convictious to their professional commitment to fairness and balance.

新闻工作者必须使个人的政治信念服从于公正不倚的职业要求。