annex

annex
verb
  1. [with obj.](常作 be annexed)append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document
    附加（尤指对文件补充）
    the first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791.
    最初的十条修正案于1791年补进宪法。
    ■add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation
    吞并（领土）
    Zululand was annexed to Natal in 1897.
    祖鲁兰在1897年被并入纳塔尔。
    ■(informal)take for oneself; appropriate
    (非正式)占为己有；侵吞
    it was bad enough that Richard should have annexed his girlfriend.
    理查德竟将他的女友抢走，太糟了。
    ■(archaic)add or attach as a condition or consequence
    (古)（作为条件或后果）加，附
(pl. annexes)
(主 英 亦作 annexe)
  1. a building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodation
    附属建筑
  2. an addition to a document
    文件附录
    an annex to the report.
    报告的附录。
派生
annexation
noun
annexationist
( & )
noun & adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere 'connect', from ad- 'to' + nectere 'tie, fasten'
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