colonize

colonize
(亦作 -ise)
verb
  1. [with obj.](of a country or its citizens) send a group of settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it
    使…成为殖民地;使…殖民地化;开拓殖民地于(一地区);殖民于
    the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy.
    希腊人在西西里和意大利南部开拓殖民地。
    ■come to settle among and establish political control over (the indigenous people of an area)
    移民于殖民地
    [as plural noun the colonized]an organization seeking to protect the rights of the newly colonized.
    一个争取保护新开拓殖民地原居民权利的组织。
    ■appropriate (a place or domain) for one's own use
    将(场所,产业)据为己用
    ■(Ecology)(of a plant or animal) establish itself in (an area)
    (生态)(植物,动物)建群,定居;移地发育
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colonization
noun
colonizer
noun
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