colonization
noun [ U ] (UK usually colonisation) uk/ˌkɒl.ə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌkɑː.lə.nəˈzeɪ.ʃən/
殖民
the act of sending people to live in and govern another country
European colonization of the Americas, with its cycle of war, disease and slavery, decimated the indigenous peoples. 欧洲对美洲的殖民统治，伴随着战争、疾病和奴隶制的次第出现，摧毁了土著人民。
He sang mainly about the colonization of his country by Portugal. 他主要唱的是葡萄牙对他的国家的殖民统治。
See: colonize
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- Juan de Oñate initiated the Spanish colonization of New Mexico in 1598.
- Asante was unable to prevent European colonization.
- Russian conquest and colonization of Siberia gathered force by the middle of the eighteenth century.