英和和英

名詞

conquerment

1. The state of being conquered.
   • 1753, Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.), ‎William Thompson, Virgidemiariam. Satires in six books [ed. by W. Thompson.]., page 48:

     The nuns of new-won Cales his bonnet lent, In lieu of their so kind a conquerment.

   • 1977, American Indian Policy Review Commission: Final Report, page 288:

     I think that it is important to know at this point that the reconstruction treaty wherein the United States received concessions from the Five Civilized Tribes under the theory of their conquerment although all tribes had split during the war and that no tribe remained united.

   • 2015, Eva Kit Wah Man, Issues of Contemporary Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Context, page 28:

     Western aesthetics are now aspiring to a more harmonious relation between subject and object, and the “encounter” between the two domains as a form of appreciation rather than conquerment or submission (Gablick 1991).

   • 2016, Matt Clifford, Ballad of Todd Last Year, page 39:

     hues that would suggest the rockies are nervous about impending conquerment