V-T If someone subjugates a group of people, they take complete control of them, especially by defeating them in a war. 征服 [正式]
Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
他们想征服阿富汗人的意图耗费大量金钱而且无效，只维持了十年的时间。
subjugation N-UNCOUNT [usu N 'of' n]
...the brutal subjugation of native tribes.
...对当地部落残暴的征服。
V-T If your wishes or desires are subjugated to something, they are treated as less important than that thing. 使(愿望)退居其次 [正式] [usu passive]
After having been subjugated to ambition, your maternal instincts are at last starting to assert themselves.
你那因抱负而退居其次的母性本能终于开始展现出来。
One might imagine a culture where mysticism and ritual encourage subjugating entire planets in a missionary conquest of the galaxy.
也许有人想象过这样一种文明，神秘和仪式促使它征服整个星球，而这只是征服并在整个银河系传教的一部分。
The other school argues that relaxation is certainly a necessary aspect of technique, but that subjugating the entire practice philosophy to relaxation is not the optimum approach.
另一观点认为放松固然是获得技巧的必需因素，然而把全部的练习都基于放松并不是明智之举。
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