Strength

[streŋθ;streŋkθ] or [strɛŋθ]

解释:

(noun.) the property of being physically or mentally strong; 'fatigue sapped his strength'.

(noun.) the condition of financial success; 'the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks'.

校对:帕蒂--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.

(n.) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.

(n.) Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.

(n.) That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.

(n.) One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.

(n.) Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?

(n.) Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work.

(n.) Intensity; -- said of light or color.

(n.) Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.

(n.) A strong place; a stronghold.

(v. t.) To strengthen.

录入:门罗

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Power, FORCE, might, potency, puissance, nerve.[2]. Tenacity, toughness, solidity.[3]. Lustiness, brawniness, robustness, stoutness.[4]. Fortitude, courage, spirit, animation, firmness, resolution.[5]. Validity, cogency, efficacy, prevalence, soundness.[6]. Vigor (of style), energy, nervous diction.[7]. Support, security, stay.

尤因整理

解释:

n. quality of being strong: power of any kind active or passive: force vigour violence: solidity or toughness: power to resist attack: excellence boldness of conception or treatment: the required consistency or degree of the essential element in any compound: intensity: brightness: validity: vigour of style or expression: security: amount of force: potency of liquors: available force or support: a fortification stronghold.—v.t. Strength′en to make strong or stronger: to confirm: to encourage: to increase in power or security.—v.i. to become stronger.—n. Strength′ener one who or that which supplies strength.—adjs. Strength′ening invigorating; Strength′less without strength.—On the strength on the muster-rolls of; On or Upon the strength of in reliance upon.—Proof-strength (see under Proof).

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