colonizer
/ˈkɒlənaɪzə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɑːlənaɪzər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkä-lə-ˌnī-zər/ (ame, mw)
colonizer — 名詞
1. a country, government, or person that goes into another land that does not belon
殖民者
以武力佔領他國並派人前往統治的個人或國家
a country, government, or person that goes into another land that does not belong to them, often with armies, and rules it so that their own people can settle there and use its wealth
Mauricio teaches that Spain was one of the main colonizers of South America.
Mauricio 教學生，西班牙是南美洲的主要殖民者之一。
the colonizers of [region]
Many African leaders demanded that the former colonizers return looted artworks.
許多非洲領袖要求前殖民國歸還被掠奪的藝術品。
former colonizers + plural collective noun
After independence, Camila's village burned all paperwork left by the colonizers.
獨立之後，Camila 的村莊把殖民者留下的所有文件全部燒掉。
Ilan argued in class that the British were ruthless colonizers in nineteenth-century India.
Ilan 在課堂上指出，英國人是十九世紀印度殘酷的殖民者。
Diya's documentary shows how the colonizers built railways to ship cotton out of the country.
Diya 的紀錄片呈現殖民者如何修築鐵路，把棉花運出該國。
- colonial power
more formal; emphasizes the state acting, not individuals
- imperialist
broader: any expansionist state, not just one that plants settlers
- occupier
neutral on whether settlers arrive; focuses on military presence
- colony
the territory taken over, not the taker
- the colonized
the people or land subjected to colonial rule
文法句型
the colonizers of [region]
a former colonizer
用法筆記
Subject is usually a nation, empire, or government acting on a foreign territory, though it can also name the individual agents who arrive with them. Distinguish from sense 2, which is biological, not political.
常見錯誤
2. a plant, animal, or tiny living thing that is one of the first to move into a ne
拓殖種
最早進入新環境並大量繁衍的動植物或微生物
a plant, animal, or tiny living thing that is one of the first to move into a new or empty area and grow there in large numbers, often changing the place so other living things can live there too
Élise explained that lichens are early colonizers of bare rock after a glacier melts.
Élise 解釋說，地衣是冰川退去後最早在裸岩上拓殖的物種。
early colonizers of [habitat]
Cole watched grey squirrels become aggressive colonizers of the small woodland near his school.
Cole 看著灰松鼠成為他學校附近小樹林裡強勢的拓殖生物。
aggressive colonizers + invasive context
The mosses growing on the burned hillside are the first colonizers of the new soil.
在燒過的山坡上生長的苔蘚，是這片新土壤最早的拓殖種。
Jisoo's biology textbook calls fireweed a quick colonizer of land cleared by forest fires.
Jisoo 的生物課本把柳蘭稱作森林火災過後土地的快速拓殖者。
On Minh's island, rats became unwelcome colonizers and wiped out three kinds of nesting bird.
在 Minh 的島上，老鼠成了不受歡迎的入侵物種，消滅了三種築巢鳥類。
- pioneer species
technical ecology term; the first organisms to populate a barren area
- invader
implies harm to the existing ecosystem; not always true of a colonizer
- settler species
less common; emphasizes establishing residence rather than spreading
- native species
organisms already established in the area before the colonizer arrived
文法句型
early colonizers of [habitat]
a successful colonizer
用法筆記
Common in ecology writing for organisms that establish themselves first in disturbed or newly available habitats. Often paired with 'early', 'first', 'pioneer', 'invasive', or 'aggressive'. Distinguish from sense 1, where the agent is human or political.