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subdue
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🇺🇸 /sʌbdˈu/
🇬🇧 /sʌb-/
表示把人、情绪、局面或国家压下去并控制住;既可指使某种力量安静、服从,也可指用武力征服一个国家。
💡 记忆钩子
想象一股喧闹、失控的力量被一只手压住:先是压住人的情绪、反抗或混乱,使它安静下来;力量扩大到国家时,就是用武力把一个国家置于控制之下。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“使情绪、局面或反抗受到控制”的核心概念,再记“征服国家”的延伸义。
- 不要把它只理解成普通的“打败”;它常带有压制、平息并取得控制权的意味,语气也通常比日常的“让……安静”更正式。
📖 中文释义
verb
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core 压制并控制📖 指把原本激烈、吵闹、反抗或失控的人、情绪和局面压下来,使其安静、服从或重新受到控制。重点不是单纯击败,而是让这股力量不再继续造成干扰。💡 常用“subdue + 情绪、局面、反抗者或身体上的力量”等结构,也可用被动结构表示“被压制住”。它多见于正式叙述,描述强烈情绪时比表示一般安慰或劝说的词更有力度。中文使用者容易把它误用来表示普通的“说服”或“安慰”,但它通常包含明显的压制或控制意味。transitiveThe officers managed to subdue the angry crowd without anyone getting hurt.警察设法控制住了愤怒的人群,没有人受伤。She took a few deep breaths to subdue her panic before speaking.她深呼吸了几次,先压住自己的恐慌,然后才开口。
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common 用武力征服国家📖 指通过战争或其他强制手段击败一个国家,并把它置于自己的控制之下。这是“压住一股反抗力量”扩大到国家和政治层面的用法。💡 常用“subdue + 国家、地区或叛乱地区”,也常见“a country is subdued”的被动结构。这个意思主要出现在历史、军事和新闻报道中,语气正式且带有强制意味。不要把它理解成通过谈判获得友好合作;这里强调的是以力量取得控制。transitiveThe empire sent a large army to subdue the rebellious province.这个帝国派出大军去征服那个反叛的省份。
subdues
present,singular,third-person
subduing
participle,present
subdued
participle,past
subdued
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 6 组
correct by punishment or discipline
同义词集:
tame
chasten
subdue
上位: alter, change, modify
bring under control by force or authority; ;
同义词集:
suppress
stamp down
subdue
conquer
suppress a nascent uprising
stamp down on littering
conquer one's desires
上位: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate
下位: burke, hush, hush up, quell, quench, quieten, shut up, silence, squelch, still
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
同义词集:
subordinate
subdue
Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler
上位: lour, lower
get on top of; deal with successfully
同义词集:
overcome
get over
subdue
surmount
master
He overcame his shyness
上位: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
下位: bulldog
hold within limits and control;
同义词集:
mortify
subdue
crucify
subdue one's appetites
mortify the flesh
上位: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate
put down by force or intimidation; ;
同义词集:
repress
quash
keep down
subdue
subjugate
reduce
The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
上位: crush, oppress, suppress
🌳 词源
源自中古英语和古法语,最终与拉丁语中“把……拉开、使……服从”的词根有关。
From Middle English subdewen, subduen, sodewen, from Old French souduire, from Latin subdūcō (“to draw away”), perhaps influenced by subdō (“to subdue, subject”).
🔄 变式
subdued
past
subdues
present
subduing
present
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