vanquish
vanquish 英 [ˈvæŋkwɪʃ] 美 [ˈvæŋkwɪʃ, ˈvæn-]
vt. 征服；击败；克服；抑制（感情等）
进行时:vanquishing 过去式:vanquished 过去分词:vanquished 第三人称单数:vanquishes
- To vanquish is to be the complete and total winner, to overpower and overcome, whether in a contest, a race, or a war. It generally suggests a total trouncing, to the point of humiliation — or worse — for the loser.
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- vt. 征服；击败；克服；抑制（感情等）
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1. You must vanquish your fears.
你必须克服你的恐惧心理。
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2. And the church has done its best to vanquish challengers to orthodoxy.
而教会也尽最大的努力击败对正统教义的挑战者。
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3. Man must vanquish himself must do himself violence in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.
为了完成最细微的动作，不为罪恶所玷污，人必须征服自己，必须对自己实施暴力。
- vanquish (v.) mid-14c., "to defeat in battle, conquer," from Old French venquis-, extended stem of veintre "to defeat," from Latin vincere "to overcome, conquer" (from nasalized form of PIE root *weik- (3) "to fight, conquer"). Influenced in Middle English by Middle French vainquiss-, present stem of vainquir "conquer," from Old French vainkir, alteration of veintre. Related: Vanquished; vanquishing.
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