early 14c., a merged word from Old French conquest "acquisition" (Modern French conquêt), and Old French conqueste "conquest, acquisition" (Modern French conquête), both from past participle of conquerre, from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (see conquer).
雙語例句
1. After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve.
諾曼征服之后，這片森林成為了皇家狩獵區(qū)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The chase is always much more exciting than the conquest anyway.
不管怎么說，追求的過程總比得手更為刺激。
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3. He was telling his tales of conquest in clubland.
當(dāng)時(shí)他正在大講特講自己在夜總會的征服史。
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4. He had led the conquest of southern Poland in 1939.
1939年，他指揮了攻占波蘭南部的行動。
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5. The French empire had expanded largely through military conquest.