| 单词 | colonize |
| 释义 | colonize (once / 1228 pages) v WORD FAMILY colonize: colonization, colonized, colonizer, colonizes, colonizing, decolonize+/colonial: colonialism, colonially, colonials/colonialism: colonialisms, colonialist, neocolonialism/colonialist: colonialists/colonisation: colonisations, decolonisation/colonise: colonisation, colonised, coloniser, colonises, colonising, decolonise/coloniser: colonisers/colonist: colonists/colonization: colonizations/colonizer: colonizers/colony: colonial, colonies, colonise, colonist, colonize/decolonize: decolonization, decolonized, decolonizing USAGE EXAMPLESJapan’s Asian neighbors harbor bitter memories of the country’s atrocities before and during World War II, when it colonized or invaded much of the region. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) There are no islands left, there are no landmasses left that haven’t been colonized or explored. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) “Passengers” is set far in the future, when humans are offered the chance to leave the overcrowded Earth and colonize a distant planet. The New Yorker(Dec 16, 2016) 1v settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century Syn|Ant|Hyper colonise decolonise, decolonize grant independence to (a former colony) annex take (territory) as if by conquest 2v settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) The British colonized the East Coast Syn|Hyper colonise locate, settle take up residence and become established |
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