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 pathogen to biocontrol bacteria had great effects on leaves but little on branches.
  病原菌的接入对生防菌在叶部的定殖影响较大，对在枝干定殖影响较小。
• Africa has yet to recover from the ravages of the slave trade or the subsequent era of colonization.
  非洲尚未从奴隶贸易的破坏中，或从其后的殖民时代恢复元气。
• Colonization and semi-colonization of the economy of Latin America
  拉丁美洲经济的殖民地化和半殖民地化
• 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。
• 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。
• Colonization took place during the Habsburg dynasty.
  开拓殖民地在哈布斯堡王朝就进行过。
• 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。
• Action of Technology in the Time of Global Economy and Post Colonization
  技术在经济全球化与后殖民时代中的作用
• Colonization Patterns of Bacteria in Infected Root Canals and Susceptibility to Antibiotics in Vitro
  感染根管内细菌的定植模式及其对抗生素敏感性的体外研究