subdue[səb'dju:]

• vt.
  • 征服，制服，使屈服：

    Rome subdued Gaul.

    罗马帝国征服了高卢。

    to subdue the world

    征服世界

  • (以劝说或威胁等)使服从，使顺从：

    to subdue one's parents

    顺从父母

  • 抑制，克制：

    I tried to subdue my fury.

    我强忍住胸中的怒火。

    to subdue one's passion

    克制自己的感情

  • 开垦(土地)；开拓
  • 使(声音、光线、色调等)柔和：

    Her voice was subdued when he talked to her son.

    她在同儿子谈话时，声音变得柔和了。

  • 减轻，减弱(炎症、感染等)：

    His fever has been subdued.

    他已退烧了。

• 近义词:

  conquer

• 短语:
  • be subdued to what one works in 迁就客观事实而勉为其难
• 变形:

  vt.subdued.subduing