subdue
subdue 英 [səbˈdju:] 美 [səbˈdu]
vt. 征服；抑制；减轻
进行时:subduing 过去式:subdued 过去分词:subdued 第三人称单数:subdues 名词复数:subdues
- To subdue is to hold back, put down, or defeat. A Doberman can be subdued with a bone, but subduing a yapping toy poodle can be a mail carrier's greatest daily challenge.
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- vt. 征服；抑制；减轻
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1. One of the few readers in a world of illiterates, Carnegie wants what Eli has, for he believes that the Bible's rhetoriccan subdue men more successfully than fear and firearms can.
作为那个文盲世界里为数不多的读书人之一，卡内基希望得到艾利手上的圣经，因为他相信圣经的言辞能比恐惧和枪支更有效地征服他人。
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2. But the Geomancie of Maister Christopher Cattan Gentleman got it all wrong because what it says there is that“The Topas and the Truffle haue power of Chastity, and to subdue the flesh.
但是《迈斯特尔·克里斯托弗·卡坦绅士的地相术》完全弄错了这一点，因为文中曾说：“黄玉与块菌有纯洁的力量，能够征服肉体。”
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3. A: Historically, nature has been a wild element that human beings have felt the need to subdue and control.
答：历史上，自然一直被视为是一种狂野的力量，人类觉得一定要征服、控制自然。
- subdue (v.) late 14c., "to conquer and reduce to subjection," from Old French souduire, but this meant "deceive, seduce," from Latin subducere "draw away, lead away, carry off; withdraw" (see subduce). The primary sense in English seems to have been taken in Anglo-French from Latin subdere and attached to this word. Related: Subdued; subduing. As an associated noun, subdual is attested from 1670s (subduction having acquired other senses).
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