His beautiful voice conquered every member of the committee.

Man will conquer cancer in the near future.

Please try your best to conquer your fear of height.

Tell us how you succeeded in conquering your smoking habit.

conquest：n. 征服、克服、获得 e.g. a desire of conquest；make / win a conquest of

conqueror：征服者、胜利者

11. rule：n. 规定、习惯、管理

e.g. We must obey our school rules.

In China we have a rule that people keep to the right.

常用短语和句型：under one's rule：在......的统治之下；as a rule：通常、一般而言；

by rule = according to rule：按规定地； make it a rule to do sth.：习惯做......，规定做......

vt. 支配、统治

e.g. A good king rules his country / people wisely.

The boy is ruled by passion every time he is in anger.

rule out...：排除、否决、拒绝考虑

e.g. We have ruled out the possibility of his falling ill.

ruler：尺，统治者； ruling：支配、统治、裁定；rulebook：准则手册

12. replace：vt. 把......放回（原处）、替代、取代...... = take the place of

e.g. Please replace the book on the shelf after reading.

You are to replace the picture you took off the wall.

Can "Shall you go?" replace "Will you be going?"

Today we use plastic to replace wood and iron.

Nothing in the world can replace a mother 's love of her children.

replacement：替换物、代替的人

e.g. As Tom is ill in bed, we must find a replacement to do the work.

13. raise / keep / support

raise：抚养、饲养（动植物、幼辈等）

e.g. His hobby is raising flowers in the garden.

He was raised = brought up by his aunt on the farm.

keep：指为了娱乐、观赏而养"宠物、花草"；解释"抚养"时，指：养家、扶养人。

e.g. She kept her niece while her sister was ill in hospital.

He needed more money to keep his wife and three children.

Farmers here keep flowers and pets.

support：抚养、支持（人）

e.g. He has a large family to support.

We all support you. Keep on trying and you'll succeed.

14. adopt：vt. 采纳（建议、意见）、采取（方法、措施）、（法律上的）收养

e.g. Our school has adopted a new teaching method.

Tom is my adopted son and he is a nice boy.

This chapter is adopted from an article of Bacon's.

The old couple adopted him as their own son. (adopt sb. as sb.)

adoption：收养、采纳、采用； adoptive：收养的，作定语用。

e.g. Old Wang is Jack's adoptive father.

15. undergo（underwent, undergone)：vt. 遭受、经历（困难、变故），接受（考试、检查）