conquer

• vt. 戰勝，征服；攻克，攻取
• vi. 勝利；得勝

con-, 強調。-quer, 追尋，追求，詞源同query, question. 詞義由追求到戰勝。

conquer

conquer: [13] Latin conquīrere originally meant ‘seek something out’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and quaerere ‘seek’ (source of English query, quest, question, inquire, and require). Bit by bit, ‘searching for something’ slid into ‘acquiring it’, including by force of arms: hence the sense ‘vanquish’, already current in the 13th century. The term Conqueror appears first to have been applied to William I of England around 1300.
=> enquire, inquest, query, quest, question, require

conquer (v.)

c. 1200, cunquearen, from Old French conquerre "conquer, defeat, vanquish," from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (for Latin conquirere) "to search for, procure by effort, win," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + quaerere "to seek, gain" (see query (v.)). Related: Conquered; conquering.

1. They feared that totalitarians might yet conquer the entire world.

他們擔心極權主義者會征服整個世界。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They became overheated nationalists, militarists, and they were out to conquer.

他們變成了過分狂熱的民族主義分子和軍國主義分子，並想要征服別國。

來自柯林斯例句

3. I was certain that love was quite enough to conquer our differences.

我相信愛足以克服我們的種種差異。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Garland tried to appear casual, but he couldn't conquer his unease.

加蘭努力裝出無所謂的樣子，可是他沒法克服自己的局促不安。

來自柯林斯例句

5. He is having therapy to conquer his phobia.

他在接受治療以克服自己的恐懼症。

來自柯林斯例句