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annex

verb
🔊/ˈæneks/, 🔊/əˈneks/
🔊/ˈæneks/, 🔊/əˈneks/
 (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they annex
🔊/ˈæneks/, 🔊/əˈneks/
🔊/ˈæneks/, 🔊/əˈneks/
he / she / it annexes
🔊/ˈæneksɪz/, 🔊/əˈneksɪz/
🔊/ˈæneksɪz/, 🔊/əˈneksɪz/
past simple annexed
🔊/ˈænekst/, 🔊/əˈnekst/
🔊/ˈænekst/, 🔊/əˈnekst/
past participle annexed
🔊/ˈænekst/, 🔊/əˈnekst/
🔊/ˈænekst/, 🔊/əˈnekst/
-ing form annexing
🔊/ˈæneksɪŋ/, 🔊/əˈneksɪŋ/
🔊/ˈæneksɪŋ/, 🔊/əˈneksɪŋ/
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  1. annex something to take control of a country, region, etc., especially by force强占，并吞（国家、地区等） synonym occupy
    • Germany annexed Austria in 1938.1938 年德国吞并了奥地利。🔊🔊
    • The territory had been annexed to Poland.这块领地已并入波兰。
    Topics Historyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • formally
    • officially
    • illegally
    • …
    preposition
    • to
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere ‘connect’, from ad- ‘to’ + nectere ‘tie, fasten’.