conquest

noun

1. success in mastering something difficult

e.g. the conquest of space

2. the act of conquering

Synonym: conqueringsubjectionsubjugation

3. an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

Synonym: seduction

1. 征服;占领
Conquest is the act of conquering a country or group of people.

e.g. He had led the conquest of southern Poland in 1939...
1939年，他指挥了攻占波兰南部的行动。
e.g. After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve...
诺曼征服之后，这片森林成为了皇家狩猎区。

2. (战争中)征服的土地,占领地
Conquests are lands that have been conquered in war.

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e.g. He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former conquests.
他意识到除非英国至少归还一部分以前的占领地，否则国无宁日。

3. （爱情或性关系方面的）俘虏，征服
If someone makes a conquest, they succeed in attracting and usually sleeping with another person. You usually use conquest when you want to indicate that this relationship is not important to the person concerned.

e.g. Despite his conquests, he remains lonely and isolated.
尽管他俘获过很多女人的芳心，却依然孤单寂寞。
e.g. ...men who boast about their sexual conquests to all their friends.
向所有朋友吹嘘自己如何搞定女人的男人

4. （爱情或性关系方面）被俘虏者
You can refer to the person that someone has succeeded in attracting as their conquest.

e.g. Pushkin was a womaniser whose conquests included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.
普希金是个情场老手，各种各样的女性，从妓女到公主，都成了他的俘虏。

5. 克服;攻克
The conquest of something such as a problem is success in ending it or dealing with it.

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e.g. The conquest of inflation has been the Government's overriding economic priority for nearly 15 years.
遏制通货膨胀是政府近15年来经济工作方面的头等大事。
e.g. ...the conquest of cancer.
攻克癌症

1. 胜利：conqueror 征服者 | conquest 胜利 | conscience 良心

2. 攻取,克服,征服：conqueror,n,征服者 | conquest,攻取,克服,征服 | conquistador, 另外一个征服者