Strength
[streŋθ;streŋkθ] or [strɛŋθ]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
校對:帕蒂--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:门罗
同義詞及近義詞:
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
解釋/意思:
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).
迪莉娅編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- On the strength of Darcy's regard, Bingley had the firmest reliance, and of his judgement the highest opinion. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- His strength returned, and a month after the visit of Thomasin he might have been seen walking about the garden. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Take it and read it to me, for I have neither the strength nor the courage to do it myself. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The giant, steam, demanded and received the obeisance of every art before devoting his inexhaustible strength to their service. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- She turned white as death; she shook all over; she lost her strength. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Against artillery of the present day the land forts and walls would prove elements of weakness rather than strength. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Love, and her child, Hope, which can bestow wealth on poverty, strength on the weak, and happiness on the sorrowing. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Give _her_ life, and _me_ strength! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- You have stood of your own strength ever since. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It is not sufficient that the bottom be strong; the sides likewise must support their strain, and hence must be increased in strength with depth. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- With wonderful quickness, and with a strength both of will and action, that appeared quite supernatural, he forced all these changes upon him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- By the above singular manner of building, strength is continually given to the comb, with the utmost ultimate economy of wax. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- But I get hope and strength through you; and you believe that though appearances may rise against him, he will be proved clear? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- But she's patienter than others would be, and is clever too, and always willing, up to the full mark of her strength and over. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- No, papa, I'm not nervous, said Eva, controlling herself, suddenly, with a strength of resolution singular in such a child. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
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