基本释义
[verb] append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document
[动词] 作为额外的或从属的部分附加或添加,尤其是加到某个文档中
深入解读
Annex 一词源自拉丁语 annecetere (绑定到),14世纪末经古法语 annexer (加入、附加)进入英语后,先是用来表示“附加、添加、附带”,常搭配介词 to 表示把某物作为额外的或从属的部分附加或添加到更早、更大或更重要的事物上,尤其是加到某个文档中,比如:
- 在合同上附加一项条款
annex a clause to a contract - 财富未必能增添幸福。
Happiness is not always annexed to wealth. - 给贵族以附带的特权
annex privileges to the peerage
从这个概念出发,到了15世纪后, annex 开始引申发展出现在的常用含义指用武力或擅自“强占、吞并”国家、地区等,也就是强行将一个额外的地理区域纳某个国家、地区等的范围,与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)推送过的 cede 相对,比如:
- 1938年德国吞并了奥地利。
Germany annexed Austria in 1938.
进而 annex 也被用来表示“(为自己)得到、获得”或者说“把……强行占为己有”,比如:
- 包揽各个奖项
annex all the prizes - 她不愿意看到他被另一个女人夺去。
She did not like to see him annexed by another woman.
用作名词时, annex 则相应表示“附加物、附件、附录”以及在建筑领域表示“附属建筑物、添加的建筑物”,比如:
- 遗嘱的附件
an annex to the will - 仓库后面增建的密室
a secret annex at the back of the warehouse
影视例句
She annexed me. She made me her business.
她强行占有了我。她把我当成她的东西。
出自2014年上映的美国悬疑惊悚片《消失的爱人》(Gone Girl).
外刊例句
- Ever since Mr Putin illegally annexed Crimea and fomented war in Ukraine, the West has imposed sanctions on Russia and Russia has imposed sanctions on the West.
自从普京非法吞并克里米亚并在乌克兰挑起战争以来,西方国家对俄罗斯实施了制裁,而俄罗斯也对西方实施了反制裁。
——《经济学人》
- Putin is expected to annex parts of Ukraine after referendums end on Tuesday.
预计普京将在周二公投结束后吞并乌克兰部分地区。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
“annex” 这个词的中文解释是 “附属建筑,附属物;兼并,吞并”。
以下是包含 “annex” 这个词的50个短语,每个短语都附有中文解释:
- An educational annex – 教育附属建筑
- A museum annex – 博物馆附属建筑
- An office annex – 办公楼附属建筑
- annexation of territory – 领土兼并
- Political annexation – 政治吞并
- An annex to a report – 报告附录
- Cultural annexation – 文化吞并
- An industrial annex – 工业附属建筑
- Military annexation – 军事吞并
- An annex to a contract – 合同附件
- A residential annex – 住宅附属建筑
- Economic annexation – 经济吞并
- An educational annex – 教育附属建筑
- An annex to a building – 建筑附属物
- The annexation of resources – 资源兼并
- An annex to a book – 书的附录
- Territorial annexation – 领土吞并
- An annex to a hotel – 酒店附属建筑
- An administrative annex – 行政附属建筑
- Cultural annexation – 文化吞并
- An annex to a property – 地产附属物
- An industrial annex – 工业附属建筑
- The annexation of information – 信息兼并
- An annex to a museum – 博物馆附属建筑
- An office annex – 办公楼附属建筑
- Economic annexation – 经济吞并
- An annex to a report – 报告附录
- A residential annex – 住宅附属建筑
- Political annexation – 政治吞并
- An annex to a contract – 合同附件
- An annex to a building – 建筑附属物
- Territorial annexation – 领土吞并
- An annex to a book – 书的附录
- An annex to a hotel – 酒店附属建筑
- An administrative annex – 行政附属建筑
- The annexation of resources – 资源兼并
- An annex to a property – 地产附属物
- The annexation of information – 信息兼并
- Cultural annexation – 文化吞并
- Political annexation – 政治吞并
- An annex to a museum – 博物馆附属建筑
- An office annex – 办公楼附属建筑
- A residential annex – 住宅附属建筑
- Economic annexation – 经济吞并
- An annex to a contract – 合同附件
- An annex to a building – 建筑附属物
- An industrial annex – 工业附属建筑
- The annexation of resources – 资源兼并
- An administrative annex – 行政附属建筑
- Territorial annexation – 领土吞并
同近义词
appropriate: take (something) for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission
expropriate: (especially of the state) take away (property) from its owner
usurp: take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force