annexation

領土併合、編入

ある土地を国や都市などの統治組織に正式に組み入れること。

やさしい英語で： The official joining of an area of land to a country, city, or other governing body.

• The council approved the annexation.
• The annexation brought the village within the city limits.
• Several countries refused to recognize the annexation of the territory.

使い方： annexation of something by something (Residents opposed the annexation of their town by the city.)

類義語： incorporation

よく使う表現： territorial annexation, annexation of territory, formal annexation

併合、編入

何かをより大きな全体に加えること、または加えられたもの。

やさしい英語で： The act of adding something to a larger whole, or the thing added.

• The annexation enlarged the estate.
• They opposed the annexation of the neighboring plot.
• The new annexation included a barn and two fields.

使い方： annexation of something to something (The annexation of the field to the estate increased its size.)

類義語： addition, incorporation

よく使う表現： annexation of land, proposed annexation, annexation to something