subdue

英 [s?b'dju?] 美[s?b'du]

GRETOEFLCET6+TEM4IELTSCET6低頻詞常用詞匯

第三人稱單數(shù):?subdues;過去式:?subdued;過去分詞:?subdued;現(xiàn)在分詞:?subduing;

1. subduce "除去，減去" => subdue.
2. subdue 其實就是 subduce 經(jīng)過古法語簡化、變體而來。

subdue 制伏，控制，抑制，壓制

來自拉丁語 subducere,拉走，拉下，來自 sub-,在下，-duc,拉，引導，詞源同 deduce,deduct. 引申諸相關比喻義。

subdue: subdue: [14] Subdue denotes etymologically ‘lead away’. It came via Anglo-Norman *subduer from Latin subdūcere ‘lead away, withdraw’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘from under, away’ and dūcere ‘lead’ (source of English duct, duke, etc). The sense ‘conquer, subjugate, suppress’ arose through association with the long defunct and quite unrelated English subdit ‘subject’, which came from subditus, the past participle of Latin subdere ‘bring under, subjugate’.
=> duct, duke
subdue (v.): late 14c., "to conquer and reduce to subjection," from Old French souduire, but this meant "deceive, seduce," from Latin subducere "draw away, lead away, carry off; withdraw" (see subduce). The primary sense in English seems to have been taken in Anglo-French from Latin subdere and attached to this word. Related: Subdued; subduing. As an associated noun, subdual is attested from 1670s (subduction having acquired other senses).

3. Senior government officials admit they have not been able to subdue the rebels.: 政府高級官員承認他們還沒能制服反叛者。

4. Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him ; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle ; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him.: 富貴不能淫,貧賤不能移, 威武不能屈.

5. He forced himself to subdue and overcome his fears.: 他強迫自己克制并戰(zhàn)勝恐懼心理。