colonising
colonising — 動詞
1. taking control of another land by moving settlers there and ruling the people wh
殖民
占領他地並移民統治
taking control of another land by moving settlers there and ruling the people who already live in it
By 1900, Britain was colonising several islands and building harbours along the coast.
到了 1900 年，英國正在殖民數個島嶼，並沿著海岸興建港口。
past continuous: was colonising + place
Felipe wrote an essay on how Spain spent centuries colonising parts of South America.
Felipe 寫了一篇文章，談西班牙花了好幾個世紀殖民南美洲部分地區。
spend + time + colonising + place
The film showed European powers colonising distant lands for trade, land, and labour.
那部影片呈現歐洲列強為了貿易、土地與勞動力而殖民遙遠的土地。
Noa argued that colonising a country always destroys the older ways of life there.
Noa 認為殖民一個國家總是會摧毀當地原有的生活方式。
- decolonising
ending outside rule and giving control back to local people
文法句型
colonising + place
用法筆記
Subject is usually a state, empire, or group of settlers, with a country or region as object. Suggests lasting settlement and political control, not a short military raid.
常見錯誤
2. when plants, animals, or bacteria start living and growing in a new area in larg
定殖；拓殖
生物開始在某地生長繁衍
when plants, animals, or bacteria start living and growing in a new area in larger numbers
Within months, small crabs were colonising the mangrove roots near the village harbour.
不到幾個月，小螃蟹就開始定殖在村莊港口附近的紅樹林根部。
animals colonising a habitat
Meera noticed moss colonising the damp bricks behind her grandmother's garden shed.
Meera 注意到苔蘚正在定殖她奶奶花園小屋後方潮濕的磚牆。
Doctors warned that bacteria colonising a feeding tube can make patients seriously ill.
醫師警告說，定殖在餵食管上的細菌可能讓病人病情嚴重惡化。
After the fire, wildflowers began colonising the blackened hillside above the river.
火災過後，野花開始落地繁殖在河邊那片焦黑的山坡上。
- spreading
broader and less technical; does not always imply settling into a new habitat
- establishing themselves
describes becoming firmly present, but is less specific about biological growth
- dying out
the living thing disappears from the area instead of becoming established
文法句型
colonising + habitat
colonising + surface
用法筆記
Common in science writing. The subject is the living thing that is spreading, not the place it is spreading into. Often used with bacteria, plants, insects, or small animals.
3. spreading through a place or area of life so heavily that you crowd others out o
盤據；壟斷
大量占住某處或主導某領域
spreading through a place or area of life so heavily that you crowd others out or shape how things work there
Cheap souvenir shops have been colonising the old station road in Brighton for years.
便宜的紀念品店已盤據布萊頓那條舊車站路許多年。
shops colonising a high street
Aylin complained that one video app was colonising her son's free time after school.
Aylin 抱怨某個影音 App 正在壟斷她兒子放學後的所有空閒時間。
colonising + area of life
Bright pop-ups were colonising the news website until readers could barely find the articles.
醒目的彈出式廣告盤據了那個新聞網站，讀者幾乎找不到文章。
Foreign coffee chains have slowly been colonising the town centre since the rebuild.
自從重建以來，外國連鎖咖啡店慢慢地盤據了整個市中心。
- dominating
focuses on control, without the image of spreading into every corner of a space
- taking over
more general and informal; may describe a single sudden change rather than slow spread
- withdrawing from
leaving a place or field instead of filling it up
文法句型
colonising + place
colonising + field of activity
用法筆記
Common in critical writing about business, media, or culture. Tone is usually disapproving — it suggests unwelcome control or crowding rather than neutral growth.