subjugate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sub·ju·gate /ˈsʌbdʒəɡeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal  BEAT/DEFEATto defeat a person or group and make them obey you 使屈服，征服，降伏 The native population was subjugated and exploited. 土著人被征服，并遭受剥削。a subjugated people/nation/country 被征服的人民/民族/国家be subjugated to somebody/something Her own needs had been subjugated to (=not considered as important as) the needs of her family. 她自己的需要服从于她家庭的需要。n Grammar Subjugate is usually passive. —subjugation /ˌsʌbdʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

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subjugate• He was correct in so far as our forebears were piteously shattered but quite wrong in thinking that they could be subjugated.• She draws on subterranean forces to subjugate and control.• And she had thought she could subjugate him!• In cases concerning children it is often necessary to subjugate justice to the adults to the interests of the children.• Because that power comes so naturally, the elder women may not have felt the need to subjugate men.• Peter firmly subjugated the Church to the State.• It would mean at the very least, firmly subjugating the Commission to an elected authority.• In 1619, the Dutch subjugated the island of Java.• The war, he said, had been launched to save the Union, not to subjugate the South.Origin subjugate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of subjugare, from jugum “yoke”

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subjugate
sub‧ju‧gate /ˈsʌbdʒəɡeɪt, ˈsʌbdʒʊɡeɪt/ verb [transitive usually passive] formalto defeat a person or group and make them obey you:
    The native population was subjugated and exploited.
    subjugated people/nation/country
    subjugate somebody to somebody/something
    Her own needs had been subjugated to (=not considered as important as) the needs of her family.
—subjugation /ˌsʌbdʒəˈɡeɪʃən, ˌsʌbdʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

sub·ju·gateBrE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they subjugate BrE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it subjugates BrE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪts/ 🔊past simple subjugated BrE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle subjugated BrE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form subjugating BrE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsʌbdʒuɡeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb/sth (formal) to defeat sb/sth; to gain control over sb/sth 征服；制伏；使屈服；使服从◆a subjugated race被征服的民族◆Her personal ambitions had been subjugated to (= considered less important than) the needs of her family. 她个人的雄心壮志让位给了家庭的需要。🔊🔊▸ sub·ju·ga·tion BrE /ˌsʌbdʒuˈɡeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsʌbdʒuˈɡeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) ◆the subjugation of Ireland by England英格兰对爱尔兰的征服