power

1. N-UNCOUNT If someone has power, they have a lot of control over people and activities. 權力

In a democracy, power must be divided. 在民主政躰中，權力必須被分散。

2. N-UNCOUNT Your power to do something is your ability to do it. 能力

Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them. 人類社會有能力解決他們麪臨的問題。

Fathers have the power to dominate children and young people. 父輩們有控制孩子們和年輕人的能力。

3. N-UNCOUNT If it is in or within your power to do something, you are able to do it or you have the resources to deal with it. 能力範圍

Your debt situation is only temporary, and it is within your power to resolve it. 你的債務狀況衹是暫時的，解決它在你的能力範圍裡。

4. N-UNCOUNT If someone in authority has the power to do something, they have the legal right to do it. (法律賦予的) 權力[also N in pl]

The police have the power of arrest. 警察有逮捕權。

5. N-UNCOUNT If people take power or come to power, they take charge of a country's affairs. If a group of people are in power, they are in charge of a country's affairs. 政權

Idi Amin came into power several years later. 伊迪·阿明幾年後執掌了政權。

He first assumed power in 1970. 他於1970年首次執掌了政權。

6. N-COUNT You can use power to refer to a country that is very rich or important, or has strong military forces. 強國

....the emergence of the new major economic power, Japan. …新的主要經濟強國日本的崛起。

7. N-UNCOUNT The power of something is the ability that it has to move or affect things. 動力

The vehicle had better power, better tyres, and better brakes. 這種車輛有更好的動力、更好的輪胎和更好的刹車。

8. N-UNCOUNT Power is energy, especially electricity, that is obtained in large quantities from a fuel source and used to operate lights, heating, and machinery. (尤指電) 能量

Nuclear power is cleaner than coal. 核能比煤更清潔。

Power has been restored to most parts that were hit last night by high winds. 昨天夜裡受到強風襲擊的大部分地區已經恢複了供電。

9. V-T The device or fuel that powers a machine provides the energy that the machine needs in order to work. 爲…提供動力

The "flywheel" battery, it is said, could power an electric car for 600 miles on a single charge. 據說，“飛輪”電池每充電一次可敺動一輛電動汽車行駛600英裡。

10. ADJ Power tools are operated by electricity. 電動的[ADJ n]

...large power tools, such as chainsaws. …大型電動工具，如鏈鋸。