Power

['paʊə] or ['paʊɚ]

解释:

(noun.) possession of controlling influence; 'the deterrent power of nuclear weapons'; 'the power of his love saved her'; 'his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade'.

(noun.) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; 'the mysterious presence of an evil power'; 'may the force be with you'; 'the forces of evil'.

(noun.) (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second).

(verb.) supply the force or power for the functioning of; 'The gasoline powers the engines'.

手打:丽塔--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Same as Poor, the fish.

(n.) Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.

(n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.

(n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.

(n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.

(n.) The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.

(n.) A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.

(n.) A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.

(n.) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.

(n.) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.

(n.) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.

(n.) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.

(n.) The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.

(n.) Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.

(n.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.

(n.) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.

(n.) Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.

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同义词及近义词:

n. [1]. Ableness, efficacy, ability, efficiency, cogency, competency, might, capability, force, energy, strength.[2]. Faculty, talent, endowment, gift.[3]. Authority, authoritativeness, rule, prerogative, sovereignty, sway, control, domination, dominion, influence, command.[4]. Sovereign, potentate, governor, ruler, monarch.[5]. Host, army, troop.[6]. Divinity, angel (good or bad), spirit.[7]. [Low.] Good deal, great quantity.

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同义词及反义词:

SYN:Faculty, capacity, capability, potentiality, ability, strength, force, might,energy, susceptibility, influence, dominion, sway, command, government, agency,authority, rule, jurisdiction, effectiveness

ANT:Incapacity, incapability, impotence, inability, weakness, imbecility,inertness, insusceptibility, subjection, power_lessness, obedience,subservience, ineffectiveness

整理:丽纳

解释:

n. that in a person or a thing which enables them to act on other persons or things: strength: energy: faculty of the mind: any agency: moving force of anything: right to command: rule: authority: influence: ability: capacity of suffering: a ruler: a divinity: the result of the continued multiplication of a quantity by itself any given number of times: (optics) magnifying strength: (obs.) a great many.—adjs. Pow′ered having power; Pow′erful having great power: mighty: intense: forcible: efficacious.—adv. Pow′erfully.—ns. Pow′erfulness; Pow′er-house a house where mechanical power (esp. electric) is generated.—adj. Pow′erless without power: weak: impotent.—adv. Pow′erlessly.—ns. Pow′erlessness; Pow′er-loom a loom worked by some mechanical power as water steam &c.—Power of attorney (see Attorney); Power of sale a clause in securities and wills empowering property referred to to be sold on certain conditions; Powers or Great Powers (see Great).—Absolute power power subject to no control by law; Civil power power of governing a state; Mechanical powers (see Mechanical).

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