power是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 ability to control people and events -- 影響力；操控力；勢力

  • I've no power over him - he does what he wants to. 我管不了他——他想做甚麼就做甚麼。

  • Once nicotine has you in its power, it's very difficult to stop smoking. 一旦尼古丁對你起了作用，戒煙就很難了。

  • She has the power to charm any man she meets. 她有魅力讓她遇見的每個男子都神魂顛倒。

  • Does the president have more power than the prime minister? 總統是否比總理權力更大？

  • How long has the Conservative Party been in power? 保守黨當政多久了？

  • The army seized power after five days of anti-government demonstrations. 反政府示威五天後，軍方奪取了政權。

• 1 strength -- 力，力量

  • Our car doesn't have enough power to tow a trailer. 我們的轎車馬力不夠大，拖不動拖車。

  • Weightlifters have tremendous power in their arms and legs. 舉重運動員的臂力和腿力極大。

  • Scientists are working to harness the power of the atom. 科學家們正在研究如何利用原子能。

  • The economic power of many Asian countries has grown dramatically in recent years. 近年來許多亞洲國家的經濟實力有了顯著的增長。

• 2 an official or legal right to do something -- 權力，許可權；職權

  • [ + to infinitive ] I'd like to help but I don't have the power to intervene in this dispute. 我很想幫忙，但我無權介入此糾紛。

  • It's not in your power to cancel the order. 你無權取消這份訂單。

  • I can't give you a refund - I'm afraid it's not within my power. 我不能給你退款——這恐怕不在我的職權範圍內。

  • You were acting beyond your powers when you agreed to give her a pay rise. 你答應給她加薪，這是在越權行事。

  • Visitors to the city are respectfully reminded of the council's powers to remove illegally parked vehicles. 到該市觀光的遊客收到禮貌的提醒，市政委員會有權拖走違規停放的車輛。

• 3 electricity, especially when considering its use or production -- 電力

  • You should disconnect the power before attempting to repair electrical equipment. 在檢修電氣設備之前應先切斷電源。

  • Our building lost power (= the electricity was stopped) during the storm. 暴風雨中我們的房子斷電了。

  • power cables/lines 電纜／線

• 4 abilities -- 能力，本領

  • My mental powers aren't as good as they used to be. 我的腦力不如以前了。

  • He was so shocked by what happened to his parents that he lost the power of speech. 發生在他父母身上的事使他嚇呆了，他一句話也說不出來。

  • [ + to infinitive ] The surgeon did everything in her power to save him. 醫生竭盡全力搶救他。

• 5 a person, organization, or country that has control over others, often because of wealth, importance, or great military strength -- 掌握大權的人；有影響力的機構；強國

  • Spain was an important military power in the 16th century. 西班牙在16世紀是一個軍事強國。

  • Germany is on its way to becoming a world power with a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. 德國正在努力成為世界強國，謀求成為聯合國安理會常任理事國。

  • She is an increasingly important power in the company. 在公司中她的權力越來越大。

• 6 the rate at which energy is used, or the ability to produce energy -- 動力，功率

  • The ship was only slightly damaged in the collision and was able to sail into port under its own power. 船在撞擊中只是輕微受損，仍可依靠自身的動力駛入港口。

  • The power rating of my amplifier is 40 watts per channel. 我的揚聲器的功率（級別）是每聲道40瓦。

• 7 the amount by which an image is increased by a device used for seeing things that are very small or a long distance away -- 放大率；放大倍數

  • What's the magnification power of your binoculars? 你的雙筒望遠鏡的放大倍數是多少？

  • You'll need a very high-power microscope to see something as small as that. 要觀察那麼小的東西，你需要一台高倍顯微鏡。

  • A low-power telescope is enough if you only want to look at the moon. 只觀看月相用低倍望遠鏡就足夠了。

• 8 the number of times that a number is to be multiplied by itself -- 冪，乘方

  • 2 to the fourth power is 2 times 2 times 2 times 2, which equals 16. 2的4次方就是2乘2乘2乘2，等於16。

  • 3 to the power 4 is usually written as 34. 3的4次方通常寫作34。

• 9 to provide a machine with energy and the ability to operate -- 為…提供動力，驅動

  • Buses and trucks are usually powered by diesel engines. 公共汽車和卡車通常是由柴油引擎驅動的。

  • Electricity costs less than petrol, so powering an electric vehicle is cheaper. 電比汽油的成本低，所以電動力車會比較省錢。

• 10 to act with great strength or in a forceful way -- 增加力量；奮力行動

  • Halfway through, she powered into the lead and went on to win the race. 到半路時，她加速衝到前面，一直領先，贏得了賽跑冠軍。