power /ˈpaʊə/ CET4 TEM4 ( powering, powered, powers )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  In a democracy, power must be divided.

  在民主政体中，权力必须被分散。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them.

  人类社会有能力解决他们面临的问题。

  例：

  Fathers have the power to dominate children and young people.

  父辈们有控制孩子们和年轻人的能力。

• 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. 能力范围

  例：

  Your debt situation is only temporary, and it is within your power to resolve it.

  你的债务状况只是暂时的，解决它在你的能力范围里。

• 4. 

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

  例：

  The police have the power of arrest.

  警察有逮捕权。

• 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. 政权

  例：

  Idi Amin came into power several years later.

  伊迪·阿明几年后执掌了政权。

  例：

  He first assumed power in 1970.

  他于1970年首次执掌了政权。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  ....the emergence of the new major economic power, Japan.

  …新的主要经济强国日本的崛起。

• 7. 

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

  例：

  The vehicle had better power, better tyres, and better brakes.

  这种车辆有更好的动力、更好的轮胎和更好的刹车。

• 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. (尤指电) 能量

  例：

  Nuclear power is cleaner than coal.

  核能比煤更清洁。

  例：

  Power has been restored to most parts that were hit last night by high winds.

  昨天夜里受到强风袭击的大部分地区已经恢复了供电。

• 9. 

  V-T The device or fuel that powers a machine provides the energy that the machine needs in order to work. 为…提供动力

  例：

  The "flywheel" battery, it is said, could power an electric car for 600 miles on a single charge.

  据说，“飞轮”电池每充电一次可驱动一辆电动汽车行驶600英里。

• 10. 

  ADJ Power tools are operated by electricity. 电动的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...large power tools, such as chainsaws.

  …大型电动工具，如链锯。