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单词 colonization
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Definition of colonization in English:

colonization

(British colonisation)
noun ˌkɒlənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nkɑlənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

    Africa boasts a tradition of higher education institutions that predate Western colonization
    the European invasion and colonization of the Americas
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For Dickens, the civilizing mission of imperialism meant European colonization.
    • He affiliates himself with this faux-moorish identity, asserting a parallel to the American colonization of Mexico and of Mexicans.
    • The "new words" set to the tune of the folk song evoke the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.
    • Their resistance to colonization is evident in the fact that indigenous languages are preserved outside the classrooms.
    • His work explored issues concerned with identity, politics, and colonization between the native Maori and European cultures.
    • In lectures before the association, he spoke out against slavery and colonization, while urging African-American solidarity.
    • Many critics delineate how a heritage of dual colonizations has left an indelible mark on the Filipino-American psyche.
    • During the French colonization, this was the quarantine zone for the port.
    • European colonization characterizes 19th-century maps.
    • This is due mostly to the bitter resentment over Japan's colonization of Korea.
    1. 1.1 The action of appropriating a place or domain for one's own use.
      the complete colonization of television entertainment by reality shows
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They're against fundamentalism, Coca-Cola colonization, pornography, and Sigmund Freud.
      • This kind of housing owes its origin to the colonization of Manhattan's defunct industrial and warehouse spaces by trendy, arty, sixties types.
      • His anxiety mirrored Marcuse's grim assessment of technology's colonization of everyday life.
      • It's nice to know there is world music beyond the intense musical colonization of Gabriel's production and Byrne's ego.
      • The greatest danger to that is the colonization of thinking.
      • The idea of locative art allows him to create an economical meditation upon the colonization of public spaces, time, and memory by technology.
      • The universal colonization called globalization, resembling and partaking of witchcraft, is a topic for another day.
      • He does not tire telling his audience that the colonization of cyberspace by non-free software should be fought.
      • It strikes me as another telltale sign of the insidious colonization of our personal and social lives by the ethic of the algorithm.
      • The August issue raised questions about the new colonization of human minds by the culture of consummate consumption.
    2. 1.2Ecology The action by a plant or animal of establishing itself in an area.
      lower airway bacterial colonization
      suitable sites for colonization by Asian crabs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They found that inclusion of mannose in the drinking water of chicks reduced S. typhimurium colonization of the cecum.
      • The rest of the site is gradually being covered by natural colonization of plants.
      • Spreading from the ports, Formosan termites began a subterranean colonization of the country.
      • Their job is to destroy unstable planets in order to make star systems safe for human colonization.
      • The newly exposed land surface became available for colonization by plants from warmer regions.
      • Initial colonization of the tooth surfaces by bacteria occurs in childhood at the time of eruption of the first tooth.
      • Some patients have an increased risk for respiratory colonization and pneumonia.
      • The vaccine was effective at reducing colonization of E. coli at the terminal rectum of cattle.
      • Human colonization reaches Pluto, only to find the planet already populated by a race crudely dubbed the Arachnids.
      • Endotracheal tubes promote colonization by interfering with the cough reflex and by stimulating excessive mucus secretion.
 
 

Definition of colonization in US English:

colonization

(British colonisation)
nounkälənəˈzāSH(ə)nkɑlənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

    Africa boasts a tradition of higher education institutions that predate Western colonization
    the European invasion and colonization of the Americas
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His work explored issues concerned with identity, politics, and colonization between the native Maori and European cultures.
    • For Dickens, the civilizing mission of imperialism meant European colonization.
    • European colonization characterizes 19th-century maps.
    • The "new words" set to the tune of the folk song evoke the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.
    • He affiliates himself with this faux-moorish identity, asserting a parallel to the American colonization of Mexico and of Mexicans.
    • This is due mostly to the bitter resentment over Japan's colonization of Korea.
    • Their resistance to colonization is evident in the fact that indigenous languages are preserved outside the classrooms.
    • Many critics delineate how a heritage of dual colonizations has left an indelible mark on the Filipino-American psyche.
    • In lectures before the association, he spoke out against slavery and colonization, while urging African-American solidarity.
    • During the French colonization, this was the quarantine zone for the port.
    1. 1.1 The action of appropriating a place or domain for one's own use.
      the complete colonization of television entertainment by reality shows
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He does not tire telling his audience that the colonization of cyberspace by non-free software should be fought.
      • The August issue raised questions about the new colonization of human minds by the culture of consummate consumption.
      • This kind of housing owes its origin to the colonization of Manhattan's defunct industrial and warehouse spaces by trendy, arty, sixties types.
      • It strikes me as another telltale sign of the insidious colonization of our personal and social lives by the ethic of the algorithm.
      • The universal colonization called globalization, resembling and partaking of witchcraft, is a topic for another day.
      • It's nice to know there is world music beyond the intense musical colonization of Gabriel's production and Byrne's ego.
      • They're against fundamentalism, Coca-Cola colonization, pornography, and Sigmund Freud.
      • The idea of locative art allows him to create an economical meditation upon the colonization of public spaces, time, and memory by technology.
      • The greatest danger to that is the colonization of thinking.
      • His anxiety mirrored Marcuse's grim assessment of technology's colonization of everyday life.
    2. 1.2Ecology The action by a plant or animal of establishing itself in an area.
      lower airway bacterial colonization
      suitable sites for colonization by Asian crabs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Initial colonization of the tooth surfaces by bacteria occurs in childhood at the time of eruption of the first tooth.
      • Endotracheal tubes promote colonization by interfering with the cough reflex and by stimulating excessive mucus secretion.
      • They found that inclusion of mannose in the drinking water of chicks reduced S. typhimurium colonization of the cecum.
      • Human colonization reaches Pluto, only to find the planet already populated by a race crudely dubbed the Arachnids.
      • The newly exposed land surface became available for colonization by plants from warmer regions.
      • The rest of the site is gradually being covered by natural colonization of plants.
      • Spreading from the ports, Formosan termites began a subterranean colonization of the country.
      • Some patients have an increased risk for respiratory colonization and pneumonia.
      • Their job is to destroy unstable planets in order to make star systems safe for human colonization.
      • The vaccine was effective at reducing colonization of E. coli at the terminal rectum of cattle.
 
 
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