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.
雙語例句
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，并想要征服別國。
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.