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subdue 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/səbˈd(y)o͞o/,
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subdued, past participle; subdued, past tense; subduing, present participle; subdues, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person)
    • - she managed to subdue an instinct to applaud
  2. Bring (a country or people) under control by force
    • - Charles went on a campaign to subdue the Saxons
  1. repress: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
  2. suppress: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
  3. mortify: hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
  4. overcome: get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
  5. subordinate: make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
  6. tame: correct by punishment or discipline
  7. (subdued) hushed: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
  8. (subdued) low-key: restrained in style or quality; "a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence"
  9. (subdued) quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and silent"
  10. (subdued) soft: not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"
  11. (subdued) dim: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"
  12. To overcome, quieten, or bring under control; To bring (a country) under control by force
  13. (subdued) Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild; Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone
  14. (Subdued) A guy that works on one of those submarines.
  15. (3) subdued) (adjective)   quiet; muted; repressed; controlled; lowered in intensity or strength;
  16. (subdued) (vb.): Someone who has been subdued has been soothed or softened and made less intense.
  17. Control, discipline or bring into subjection.
  18. the act of turning a card face down on the playing area, indicating that the card has been injured, exhausted, damaged, etc.
  19. An attack from behind delivered as a pommel tap (with a close weapon that has 1” of open-cell foam on its pommel) to the upper back or shoulder; causes the target to go unconscious for 5 minutes. Perceptive characters and characters with helmets are immune to Subdual. ...
  20. control by physical force
  21. To make less intense.