subjugated:被征服的;被迫臣服的;受支配/压制的(常作形容词;也可作动词 subjugate 的过去式/过去分词)。常用于描述某个群体、国家或个人在权力上被他者控制的状态。
IPA: /ˈsʌbdʒəˌɡeɪtɪd/
The city was subjugated after the war.
这座城市在战争后被征服了。
Although the people were subjugated by a foreign power, they kept their language and traditions alive through stories and songs.
尽管人民被外国势力压制统治,他们仍通过故事与歌谣让语言和传统延续下来。
来自拉丁语 subjugare,由 **sub-**(在……之下)+ jugum(轭、牛轭)构成,原意带有“把人/物置于轭下”的形象比喻,引申为“使臣服、使处于支配之下”。