英语词汇“subdue”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

subduesubdue /səbˈdu/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYsubdue

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French soduire to lead into bad actions, from Latin subducere to remove; influenced by Latin subdere to force to obey

VERB TABLE

subdue

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	subdue
	he, she, it	subdues
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	subdued
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have subdued
	he, she, it	has subdued
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had subdued
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will subdue
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have subdued

Continuous Form
Present	I	am subduing
	he, she, it	is subduing
	you, we, they	are subduing
Past	I, he, she, it	was subduing
	you, we, they	were subduing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been subduing
	he, she, it	has been subduing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been subduing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be subduing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been subduing

1to stop a person or group from behaving violently, especially by using force: Police used pepper spray to subdue the man.2formal to take control of a place by defeating the people who live there3formal to prevent your emotions from being so strong SYN repress [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French soduire to lead into bad actions, from Latin subducere to remove; influenced by Latin subdere to force to obey]