0 to reduce the force of something, or to prevent something from existing or developing -- 壓制；制服；控制
The fire burned for eight hours before the fire crews could subdue it. 大火燒了八個小時後，消防隊才控制住火勢。
He criticized the school for trying to subdue individual expression. 他指責學校試圖壓制個性的自由表現。
It is also a multicultural invention that conjures a cultural calendar to subdue the irregularities of nature.
The wish to subdue finds no immediate point of attack.
They gradually realized that their hostile policy had unwittingly contributed to the strengthening of an enemy they intended to subdue.
He wants to be able to say that his hopelessly subdued housewife lacks desires for freedoms that she has reason to value.
As will be seen, the seniority of the four brothers had helped a great deal to subdue their potential conflicts.
However, their effect is to increase desire rather than subdue it.
This must be more than a subdued animal welfarist point of view; it must be incorporated into our daily way of thinking about nonhuman animals.
There is clearly a mutual acceptance to subdue anarchical displays in favour of homogeneity.
