| 单词 | annexation |
| 释义 | annexation (once / 2078 pages) n If you're a big powerful country and you want to take over a smaller country, or a piece of it, you can simply occupy it with your army, a process known as annexation. One of history's most famous examples of annexation was the German occupation of parts of Czechoslovakia in 1938, which became one of the causes of World War II. Although the most common use of annexation is in the sense of a political or military takeover of territory, it can also refer to less major acts of acquisition. If you manage to steal your colleague's much-coveted corner office at work, that too is an annexation. WORD FAMILYannexation: annexational, annexations+/annex: annexation, annexed, annexes, annexing USAGE EXAMPLESThe next option is the rosy, rightwing panacea for all things of late: annexation of the West Bank, what the right calls Judea and Samaria. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The West slapped sanctions on Moscow for its 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and its support of pro-Russian separatists in southeastern Ukraine. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Sanctions against Russia are already in place over its annexation of Crimea. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1n incorporation by joining or uniting Syn|Hyper appropriation incorporation including by incorporating 2n the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896 a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation Hyper acquisition the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something |
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