subjugate

verb

1. put down by force or intimidation

e.g. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

Synonym: repressquashkeep downsubduereduce

2. make subservient
force to submit or subdue

Synonym: subject

1. (尤指在战争中)征服，制服，使屈服
If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war.

subjugate

e.g. Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区，但只持续了10年就无果而终了。

2. 使(愿望、渴望)退居其次;使让位于
If your wishes or desires are subjugated to something, they are treated as less important than that thing.

e.g. After having been subjugated to ambition, your maternal instincts are at last starting to assert themselves.
你那被雄心壮志压制已久的母性本能终于开始展现出来。

1. 征服,抑制：subjoin 添加 | subjugate 征服,抑制 | sublime 崇高的

2. subjugate

2. 征服：subjoint 副关节 | subjugate 征服 | subjugation 镇压

3. subjugate

3. 征服, 降伏：soliloquy 自言自语,独白 | subjugate 征服, 降伏 | suffragist 参政权扩大论者,妇女政权论者

4. subjugate

4. 沦陷：subjugal /颧骨下的/ | subjugate /沦陷/ | subjugation /征服/镇压/平息/