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词根:power
powerlessly麻痹地
adj.power 借影响有权势人物以操纵权力的
powerful 强大的;强有力的
powerless 无力的;[劳经] 无能力的,无权的
adv.powerful 很;非常
powerlessly 无力地
n.power 功率;力量;能力;政权;势力;[数] 幂
powerfulness 有力;强烈
powerlessness 无力;无能为力;无力量
vi.power 快速前进
vt.power 激励;供以动力;使…有力量
noun
ability to act or produce an effect
legal or official authority, capacity, or right
possession of control, authority, or influence over others
one having such powerspecifically: a sovereign state
a controlling group : establishment—often used in the phrase the powers that be
archaic a force of armed men
chiefly dialectal a large number or quantity
physical might
mental or moral efficacy
political control or influence
powers plural an order of angels see celestial hierarchy
the number of times as indicated by an exponent that a number occurs as a factor in a productalso: the product itself 8 is a power of 2
5 to the third power is 125
cardinal number sense 2
a source or means of supplying energyespecially: electricity
motive power
the time rate at which work is done or energy emitted or transferred
magnification sense 2b
scope entry 1 sense 3
the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when a particular alternative hypothesis happens to be true
verb
transitive verb
to supply with power and especially motive power
to give impetus to
intransitive verb
to move about by means of motive power
to move with great speed or force
adjective
operated mechanically or electrically rather than manually power tools
a car with power locks
of, relating to, or utilizing strengthalso: powerful sense 1 a power critic
plays a power game
of, relating to, or being a meal at which influential people discuss business or politics
a power lunch
powered by技术支持;由…驱动
battery poweredadj. 电池供电的
high powered高功率的;马力大的
powered flight动力飞行
【修】带[加]电[PWD,PWRD]
Noun Middle English, from Anglo-French poer, pouer, from poer to be able, from Vulgar Latin *potēre, alteration of Latin posse — more at potent
The first known use of power was in the 13th century
powerlessadjective
lacking power, force, or energy
lacking authority to act
powerlessadjective
lacking power, force, or energy
lacking authority to act
powerhousenoun
power plant
a person or thing having unusual strength or energy
powerfuladjective
full of or having power or influence : strong, effective
power1 of 3noun
possession of control, authority, or influence over others
a politician hungry for power
one having such powerespecially: an independent state
China is a major power in Asia
ability to act or do something
lose the power of speech
physical might
mental strength
the number of times as indicated by an exponent a number occurs as a factor in a productalso: the product obtained by raising a number to a power
103, or 10·10·10, is the 3rd power of 10
force or energy that is or can be applied to work
electric power
the time rate at which work is done or energy given off or transferred
magnification sense 2b
power2 of 3adjective
relating to, supplying, or using power power failure
a power drill
power3 of 3verb
to supply with power
1 The satellite array that powered the onboard Internet and TV was blown to bits, which had really made Coach Hedge mad.
2 I powered on the console and initiated the log-in sequence.
3 The pressure elevators were powered by gaseous columns vented from the earth’s core.
4 As they would soon have a powered boat out to come finish me off, I could not spend any more time hunched over my oars gasping.
5 Alec powered on the device and pulled up the maps feature, finding the one that had the Berg’s voyages documented, all the fines converging in one spot.
6 There was a bit of blue light seeping in the windows and a red emergency exit thing going on by the doors, but what really powered the place were the previously subdued altar candles.
7 It’s a chain that’s powered by oil and gasoline and controlled by giant corporations.
8 a solar-powered calculator
太阳能电池计算器
9 The little ball of light was blindingly bright, even brighter than the orb that powered the Governor’s boat.
10 He powered on the TV and turned up the volume, way louder than it needed to be.
11 By then, my mother had acquired a motor-boat, a small and not very seaworthy white wooden vessel which sat far too low in the water and was powered by an unreliable one-cylinder engine.
12 For one thing, an eight-oared racing shell—powered by unusually large and physically powerful men or women—is commanded, controlled, and directed by the smallest and least powerful person in the boat.
13 The company abused its power, forcing workers to work overtime without pay.
14 What a marvelous cooperative arrangement—plants and animals each inhaling the other’s exhalations, a kind of planet-wide mutual mouth-to-stoma resuscitation, the entire elegant cycle powered by a star 150 million kilometers away.
15 The engines powered back up and the jet rotated, preparing to take off again.
16 Yet it was not until the middle of the eighteenth century that Smeaton and Watt both used models to work out how to transform the efficiency of powered machinery.
17 The big bang thus provides no insight into what might have powered the bang itself.
18 As to the first, they were men and women driven by ideas and powered by intelligence and rare skills.
19 It was the very first time I’d ever sung a solo in public, and my leg was shaking at first, but once I powered through it like Imam Malik taught me to, I felt electric.
20 Fickle gnomes control the weather, and an air conditioner is powered by a team of squirrels, their cheeks packed with ice cubes.