Conquest

(noun.) success in mastering something difficult; 'the conquest of space'.

(noun.) the act of conquering.

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• And yet it all depends on the toilful conquest of a subtle and intricate art. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• But all the Greek communities were not of this conquest type. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They will fight nature no longer as dull conscripts of the pick and plough, but for a splendid conquest. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• To-day traditional Christianity has weakened in the face of man's interest in the conquest of this world. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended; and 'setting one's cap at a man,' or 'making a conquest,' are the most odious of all. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Another, to respect more the property of private persons under conquest, and to be content with acquired dominion. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• For a time they shared a common dread of French conquest and dominion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Until that time books had to be written upon parchment or papyrus, and after the Arab conquest of Egypt Europe was cut off from the papyrus supply. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In 642 the Arabs having pushed their conquest into northern Africa gained possession of Alexa ndria. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Xerxes was murdered in his palace about 465 B.C., and thereafter Persia made no further attempts at conquest in Europe. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We can not see the long array of chariots and mail-clad men laden with the spoils of conquest, but we can imagine the pageant, after a fashion. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• My cousins say they are sure I have made a conquest; but for my part I declare I never think about him from one hour's end to another. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• All his dreams of conquest over disease a nd death seemed to vanish. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Only conquest from the outside could unite the Greeks, and until Greece was conquered they had no political unity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The problem was to do this without the loss of conquest and without permitting another general of the same political party to acquire like popularity. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The Turkish conquests and the expansion of the known world robbed the Roman Empire of its former prestige of universality. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Now this story of Mongolian conquests is surely the most remarkable in all history. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He felt that science is of no country and that its conquests belong to mankind, but tha t the scientist must be a patriot in the service of his native lan d. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• During the same period the Moslems were also pressing their conquests further and further into Central Asia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The one seeks violent conquests, the other the relief of humanity. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Many conquests, sir? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He was left in the air, incapable of conducting sieges or establishing conquests. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Both in England and on the Continent the ascendant rulers seized upon Christianity as a unifying force to cement their conquests. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Many stories of his prowess and of his conquests were in circulation. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Nevertheless she was a great favourite with the men, and would make fifty conquests while Julia was bungling with one. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• They were victorious at last and divided their conquests equably among their great patrician families. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But I doubt whether our conquests in the countries I treat of would be as easy as those of Ferdinando Cortez over the naked Americans. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The conquests of Alexander the Great cannot compare with them in extent. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As to admirers, you hardly know what they are; you can't even talk on the subject: you sit dumb when the other teachers quote their conquests. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The greater part of his Italian conquests was lost to the Lombards. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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