colonization

英 [ˌkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃn]

美 [ˌkɑːlənəˈzeɪʃn]

n.  殖民地的开拓，殖民，殖民地化；移植; 占据；集群（现象）

复数：colonizations　

医学

BNC.24415 / COCA.10613

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 colonise


• VERB 在…开拓殖民地;将…建成殖民地
  If peoplecolonizea foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.
  1. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century...
     英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。
  2. Liberia was never colonised by the European powers...
     利比里亚从未沦落为欧洲强国的殖民地。
  3. For more than 400 years, we were a colonized people.
     我们经受过400多年的殖民统治。
• VERB (动物)移生于，大批繁殖于
  When large numbers of animalscolonizea place, they go to live there and make it their home.
  1. Toads are colonising the whole place.
     蟾蜍把这整个地方都占为己有。
• VERB (植物)大批生长于
  When an areais colonized bya type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts.
  1. The area was then colonized by scrub.
     后来这块地灌木丛生。

英英释义

noun

• the act of colonizing
  1. the British colonization of America
  Synonym:colonisationsettlement

双语例句

• Goias testifies to the occupation and colonization of the lands of central Brazil in the18th and19th centuries.
  戈亚斯城向世人展示了18世纪和19世纪巴西中部被占领时的殖民历史。
• The information of this research ranged from the period between Japanese colonization and postwar up to now.
  研究资料涵盖日殖时期前后与战后至今的发展史。
• Paradox of Modernity of Colonization: Dilemma of Lai He's Cultural Choice
  殖民现代性悖论：赖和文化选择的两难境地
• But it also supported the colonization by European.
  但后来也一度支持了欧洲的殖民扩张。
• Experimental study on biological types during the process of biofilm colonization of biological sand filtration sewage treatment technology;
  本文以滏阳河水为水源，对生物砂滤处理微污染原水生产应用问题进行了理论研究。
• Objective To investigate the effects of periodontal therapy on Archaea colonization in subgingival plaque.
  目的研究牙周治疗对龈下菌斑中古细菌定植的影响。
• These countries took part in the colonization of Africa.
  这些国家参与非洲殖民地的开发。
• Entomologists have tended to underestimate the importance of colonization through dispersal.
  昆虫学家倾向于低估在扩散过程中定居现象的重要性。
• Concession was an important sign of the half colonization of modern China.
  租界是近代中国半殖民地化的一个重要标志。
• Post colonization bonuses are now applied essentially at the same time as gaining of ownership of the planet.
  后殖民奖金现在基本上是适用的同时，获得所有权的行星。