colonization

植民地化

国が別の地域に入植地を作り、その土地を支配下に置くこと。

やさしい英語で： The process by which a country establishes settlements and takes control of land elsewhere.

• Colonization changed life on the island.
• The museum explains the history of European colonization.
• Many local people resisted the colonization of their land.

使い方： colonization of somewhere (The book discusses the colonization of the island.)

類義語： colonisation

よく使う表現： European colonization, colonization of something, overseas colonization

定着、入植

ある場所に集落を作ったり、新たな生物の集団が住み着いたりすること。

やさしい英語で： The process of setting up a settlement or a new population in a place.

• They discussed the colonization of Mars.
• Bacterial colonization begins on the surface of the tooth.
• The study tracked bird colonization of the new islands.

使い方： colonization of something (We studied the colonization of bare rocks by plants.)

類義語： colonisation

よく使う表現： colonization of somewhere, bacterial colonization, colonization of habitats