单词 | subjugate |
释义 | sub·ju·gate ![]() tr.v. sub·ju·gat·ed, sub·ju·gat·ing, sub·ju·gates 1. To bring under control, especially by military force; conquer. 2. To make subordinate or subject to the dominion of something else: "The urgency of the mating season is subjugated, for the moment, to the demands of self-preservation" (David M. Carroll). [Middle English subjugaten, from Latin subiugāre, subiugāt- : sub-, sub- + iugum, yoke; see yeug- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] sub′ju·gation n. subju·ga′tor n. |
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