詞彙精選：conquest的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
征服，戰勝，擊敗，佔領 [U,C]
例句：
The French conquest was in 1066.
法蘭西征服（英格蘭）發生在1066年。
例句：
Jerusalem has seen endless conquests and occupations.
耶路撒冷歷經無數次征服、佔領。
戰利品，贏得物 [C]
例句：
He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former conquests.
他意識到除非英國至少歸還一部分以前的佔領地，否則國無寧日。
例句：
Conquest is the motive.
戰利品就是動機。
俘虜 [C]
例句：
The rich and handsome young man made a conquest of Jeanne.
這位富裕而又英俊的年輕人贏得了琴的愛情。
例句：
Pushkin was a womaniser whose conquests included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.
普希金是個情場老手，各種各樣的女性，從妓女到公主，都成了他的俘虜。
克服，攻克 [U]
例句：
The basic aim of this institution is the conquest of disease.
本協會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.
遏制通貨膨脹是政府近15年來經濟工作方面的頭等大事。
二、詞義辨析：
victory,conquest,triumph
這些名詞均有“勝利”之意。victory普通用詞，主要指在戰爭、鬥爭或競賽中獲得的勝利，側重艱辛與成功。conquest指獲取勝利或征服，把敗者置於控制之下。triumph着重勝利或成功的輝煌與徹底。
三、參考例句：
Conquest is the motive.
戰利品就是動機。
The French conquest was in 1066.
法蘭西征服（英格蘭）發生在1066年。
They succeeded in the conquest of the city.
他們成功地征服了這座城市。
His spirit of daring and conquest impressed us.
他們勇敢的不屈的精神讓我們印象深刻。
They succeeded in the conquest of that city.
他們奪取了那城市。
The Normans ruled England by right of conquest.
諾曼人征服了英格蘭成了統治者。
The basic aim of this institution is the conquest of disease.
本協會的基本宗旨是征服疾病。
During the Norman Conquest British officialdom took on French as their official language.
諾曼人征服英國期間，英國官場採用法語作爲官方語言。
The rich and handsome young man made a conquest of Jeanne.
這位富裕而又英俊的年輕人贏得了琴的愛情。
Fortune is admirable, but the conquest of misfortune is more admirable.
好的運氣令人羨慕，而戰勝厄運則更令人驚歎。
