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colonize

美['kɑːlənaɪz] 英['kɒlənaɪz]

v. 开拓殖民地；移居于殖民地

名词：colonizer 过去式：colonized 过去分词：colonized 现在分词：colonizing 第三人称单数：colonizes

近义词：settle，takepossessionof，people，inhabit，takeover，layclaimto，colonise，decolonize，

Verb

settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;
"Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
settle as colonists or establish a colony (in);
"The British colonized the East Coast"

用作动词(v.)

Britain colonized many parts of Africa.英国在非洲开拓了许多殖民地。
Some Westerners came to colonize; others came to convert; most came to exploit.有些西方人为了殖民而来，有些是为了宣传基督教义，但大多数是为了剥削。
Someday human beings will attempt to colonize outer space.有朝一日人类会试图开拓外太空成殖民地。
The divers want to show it's possible for humans to colonize the seabed.这几名潜水员想证明人类能够在海底生活。

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