/əˈneks/
with obj.(常作be annexed)
1- append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document附加(尤指对文件补充):
the first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791.
最初的十条修正案于1791年补进宪法。
1.1
- add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation吞并(领土):
Zululand was annexed to Natal in 1897.
祖鲁兰在1897年被并入纳塔尔。
1.2
- informal take for oneself; appropriate〈非正式〉占为己有; 侵吞:
it was bad enough that Richard should have annexed his girlfriend.
理查德竟将他的女友抢走, 太糟了。
1.3
- archaic add or attach as a condition or consequence〈古〉(作为条件或后果)加, 附。
/ˈæneks/
( <主英> 亦作annexe) (pl. annexes )
1
- a building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodation附属建筑。
2
- an addition to a document(文件)附录:
an annex to the report.
报告的附录。
派生词
annexation
nounannexationist
noun & adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere 'connect', from ad- 'to' + nectere 'tie, fasten'.