1620s, "to settle with colonists," from stem of Latin colonus "tiller of the soil, farmer" (see colony); in sense "to make another place into a national dependency" without regard for settlement there by 1790s (such as in reference to French activity in Egypt or British work in India), and probably directly from colony.
No principle ought ever to be tolerated or acted upon, that does not proceed on the basis of India being considered as the temporary residence of a great British Establishment, for the good government of the country, upon steady and uniform principles, and of a large British factory, for the beneficial management of its trade, upon rules applicable to the state and manners of the country. [Henry Dundas, Chairman of the East-India Company, letter, April 2, 1800]
Related: Colonized; colonizing.
双语例句
1. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.
英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。
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2. First, upgrade your hull to level 15, then colonize a planet.
首先, 将自己的船升到第15级, 然后拓殖行星.
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3. It will not infect or colonize dead or dried plant tissue.
它不会传染或寄居于死的或干的植体组织.
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4. Conclusions - Bacteria can colonize cardiac electrophysiological devices without clinical signs of infection.
结论 — 细菌可聚集在心脏电生理装置而不出现感染表现.
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5. Around 700 Arabs began to colonize East Africa.
