英语词汇“subdue”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINsubdue

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French soduire ‘to lead into bad actions’, from Latin subducere ‘to remove’; influenced by Latin subdere ‘to force to obey’

VERB TABLE

subdue

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	subdue
	he, she, it	subdues
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	subdued
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have subdued
	he, she, it	has subdued
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had subdued
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will subdue
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have subdued

Continuous Form
Present	I	am subduing
	he, she, it	is subduing
	you, we, they	are subduing
Past	I, he, she, it	was subduing
	you, we, they	were subduing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been subduing
	he, she, it	has been subduing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been subduing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be subduing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been subduing

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Government forces have managed to subdue the rebels.
He felt the urge to apologize, but then subdued it.
Security guards used pepper spray to subdue the man.
The army has been used to subdue unrest in the country's capital.
The soldiers managed to subdue the angry crowd.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Its tone is obtrusive and difficult to subdue.
Mostly they have been military, the attempt of one nation to subdue the rest.
The marines arrived, subdued the sailors, and took them back to the base.
These techniques smooth ruffled feathers, paper over cracks, subdue ominous rumblings.

Longman Language Activatorto stop opposition to a government► suppress

to stop people opposing or fighting against the government, by using military force or by making their activities illegal: · The army acted swiftly to suppress the uprising.· Any opposition to the regime is ruthlessly suppressed.· The authorities suppressed publication of the journal.

► put down

: put down a revolt/rebellion/uprising etc to stop it by using military force against the people involved: · The uprising was quickly put down.· The rebellion was put down and its leaders were executed.

► break up

if the police or army break up something such as an organized protest, they use force to stop it: break up something: · The police were instructed to break up the demonstration and arrest the ringleaders.break something up: · The protest continued peacefully until government troops moved in to break it up.

► subdue

to take action to stop people behaving in a violent, angry way, especially by using force: · The soldiers managed to subdue the angry crowd.· The army has been used to subdue unrest in the country's capital.

► crush

to use severe methods to stop people who are fighting or opposing you: · The rebellion was quickly crushed by forces loyal to the President.· The army is stationed near the capital, ready to crush any signs of a revolt.

► quell

especially written to make violent opposition stop by using force when it first starts, before it becomes impossible to control: · Extra police were called in to quell the disturbance.· An anti-government riot was promptly quelled by soldiers using guns and teargas.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► subdued/dim/soft lighting

(=lighting that is not very bright)

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► more

· The old Gary Beaner continues to live on as a receptacle for Pale Eagle, but in a more subdued fashion.· The civil trial provided a more subdued sequel, since Fujisaki refused to allow television cameras into his courtroom.· The young are particularly vivid, their colors and patterns changing systematically with growth to the more subdued beauty of the adult.· San Francisco is more sophisticated, but consequently more subdued.· Where Dorati is elegant, Saccani is lyrical, where Dorati is sometimes joyful, Saccani is more subdued.· Hinds seemed more subdued, distracted.· Lininger and Amlee are more subdued in their assessments.· Although an aging populace and a more subdued economy contribute to this trend, other factors fuel it, too.

VERB► seem

· Hinds seemed more subdued, distracted.· For some one who had just completed an incisive experiment, Stafford seemed remarkably subdued, even irritable.