1、confirm

证实，证明(情况属实)

X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones.

X光片证实他没有骨折。

These new statistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession.

这些新的统计数据证实经济衰退已经严重到我们最为担忧的境地。

（某人）证实，肯定，确认

The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.

这位发言人证实该地区现已落入叛乱分子手中。

He confirmed what had long been feared.

他证实了人们长期以来的担心。

加强，巩固(地位、角色或权力)

Williams has confirmed his position as the world's number one snooker player.

威廉姆斯巩固了自己世界头号斯诺克选手的地位。

2、conquest

征服;占领

He had led the conquest of southern Poland in 1939.

1939年，他指挥了攻占波兰南部的行动。

After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve.

诺曼征服之后，这片森林成为了皇家狩猎区。

（爱情或性关系方面的）俘虏，征服

Despite his conquests, he remains lonely and isolated.

尽管他俘获过很多女人的芳心，却依然孤单寂寞。

men who boast about their sexual conquests to all their friends.

向所有朋友吹嘘自己如何搞定女人的男人

(战争中)征服的土地,占领地

He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former conquests.

他意识到除非英国至少归还一部分以前的占领地，否则国无宁日。