Colonize
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GRE TOEFL
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 在一地区建立殖民地
- ［英］ v. 在一地区建立殖民地 ( establish a colony in an area)
- ［同］ 派生词: colonization ( n. 殖民地化)
- ［例］ Britain colonized many parts of Africa.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (-nized; -nizing)
- Date: 1622
- transitive verb
- 1.
- a. to establish a colony in or on or of <colonize an island
- b. to establish in a colony <the rights of colonized people
- 2. to send illegal or irregularly qualified voters into <colonizing doubtful districts
- 3. to infiltrate with usually subversive militants for propaganda and strategy reasons <colonize industries
- 1.
- intransitive verb
- to make or establish a colony ; settle
- ? colonizer noun
