annexation
英 [,ænək'seɪʃn; ,ænek'seɪʃn]
美[,ænɛk'seʃən]
- n. 合并；附加物
英英释意
- 1. incorporation by joining or uniting
- 2. the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation;
- "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"
- "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"