mindmap root((独处标志痕<br>迹用处胜利)) victory stresses the fact of winning against an opponent or against odds: won an upset ~ in the election. conquest stresses the subjugation or mastery of a defeated opponent, be it a personal antagonist or a difficult undertaking: the ~ of space. triumph suggests a brilliant or decisive victory or an overwhelming conquest and usually connotes the acclaim and personal satisfaction accruing to the winner: crossed the finish line, her arms aloft in ~. use implies little more than suitability for employment for some purpose specified or implied: she hated to throw away anything that might have some ~. usefulness is employed chiefly with reference to definite concrete things that serve or are capable of serving a practical purpose: demonstrated the ~ of the gadget. utility may differ from usefulness, especially in technical use, by implying a measurable property or one that can be viewed as an abstraction: a college major of no immediate ~. trace may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect left behind: an animal species believed to have vanished without a ~. vestige applies to a tangible reminder such as a fragment or remnant of what is past or gone: boulders that are ~s of the last ice age. track implies a continuous line of marks or footprints or scent that can be followed: the fossilized ~s of dinosaurs. symbol is applicable to an outward sign of something spiritual or immaterial: a king's crown is the ~ of his sovereignty and his scepter the ~ of his authority. emblem may apply to a pictorial device or representation chosen as the symbol of a person, a nation, a royal line, or other institution that has adopted it: the fleur-de-lis is the ~ of French royalty. attribute with emblem, may apply to an object that is conventionally represented in art as an accompanying symbol of a character or of a personified abstraction: the blindness that is the ~ of Justice. solitude stresses aloneness and a lack of contact and may imply being cut off by wish or compulsion from one's usual associates: the ~ enjoyed by the long-distance trucker. isolation stresses often involuntary detachment or separation from others: the oppressive ~ of the village during winter. seclusion suggests a shutting away or keeping apart from others and often connotes a deliberate withdrawal from the world or retirement to a quiet life: lived in bucolic ~ surrounded by his art collection.