| 单词 | subjection |
| 释义 | subjection (once / 1239 pages) n Subjection is when a person, group, or government forces another person — or group of people — to submit or be controlled. A dictator's power lies in his subjection of the people over whom he rules. Many kinds of control can be called subjection, but it most often describes a political rule or the subjugation of a large group of people. Slavery is one terrible, extreme type of subjection, and a king's conquering of a neighboring kingdom is another type. Subjection comes from the Old French subjection, "submission, inferior condition, or captivity," with a Latin root, subjectionem, a putting under." WORD FAMILYsubjection: subjections+/subject: subjected, subjecting, subjection, subjects USAGE EXAMPLESOthers see it as a reminder of Poland's communist-era subjection to Moscow and want it demolished. Reuters(Oct 23, 2015) The pair had escaped subjection in a newly independent Ukraine only to land in an American jail. Newsweek(Apr 10, 2015) “With each passing day the awareness of the intolerability of further subjection to lawlessness intensifies,” read one passage in the 40-page letter. New York Times(Dec 29, 2014) 1n the act of conquering Syn|Exp|Hyper conquering, conquest, subjugation Norman Conquest the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066) capture, gaining control, seizure the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property 2n forced submission to control by others Syn|Hypo|Hyper subjugation repression a state of forcible subjugation oppressionthe state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted" captivity, enslavementthe state of being a slave bondage, slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldomthe state of being under the control of another person bondagethe state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power peonagethe condition of a peon confinementthe state of being confined yokean oppressive power bonded labora practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt; the practice is illegal in the United States servitudestate of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment serfdom, serfhood, vassalagethe state of a serf constraint, restraintthe state of being physically constrained captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarcerationthe state of being imprisoned custody, detainment, detention, holda state of being confined (usually for a short time) solitary, solitary confinementconfinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners relationship a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries |
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