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

• The colonization of N America by the British and French. colonization of the economy of North Africa
  英国和法国对北美洲的殖民地化.北非经济的殖民地化
• Colonization of cryptic growth cells was studied by observing tissue sample directly.
  对小鼠结肠组织原位标本进行潜生体定植的实验研究。
• The colonization of America by the British, Dutch and French
  英国人、荷兰人和法国人拓殖美洲
• 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。
• The thesis aims at discovering mechanisms for genre colonization of some genres over commercial advertisements.
  本文通过对一些商业广告的分析发现其他语类对商业广告进行语类侵殖的机制。
• The colonization of rhizobia on the roots of legumes and nonlegumes has been well documented.
  豆科和非豆科植物根上瘤菌的群集现象曾被很好地证实过。
• However, the extent to which gastrointestinal colonization with MRSA affects environmental contamination is not known.
  然而，病人的胃肠道定植有MRSA对环境污染的程度目前尚不清楚。
• 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。
• 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
• And colonization damages indigenous cultures and exterminates native ecology.
  而殖民毁坏了本土文化，破坏了当地的生态。