powers

英 [ˈpaʊəz]

美 [ˈpaʊərz]

n.  控制力; 影响力; 操纵力; 统治; 政权; 能力; 机会
v.  驱动，推动(机器或车辆); (使)迅猛移动，快速前进
power的第三人称单数和复数

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柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 权力；权势；操纵力
  If someone haspower, they have a lot of control over people and activities.
  1. She interviewed six women who have reached positions of great power and influence...
     她采访了6名身居高位，并且颇具影响力的女士。
  2. In a democracy, power must be divided.
     在民主政体中，权力必须分制。
  3. ...a political power struggle between the Liberals and National Party.
     自由党和民族党之间的政治权力之争
• N-UNCOUNT 能力；才能
  Yourpower todo something is your ability to do it.
  1. Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them...
     人类社会有能力解决面临的问题。
  2. Fathers have the power to dominate children and young people...
     父辈们有能力支配孩子们和年轻人的生活。
  3. He was so drunk that he had lost the power of speech.
     他醉得太厉害，连话都说不出来了。
• N-UNCOUNT 在…能力范围之内
  If it isinorwithinyourpower todo something, you are able to do it or you have the resources to deal with it.
  1. Your debt situation is only temporary, and it is within your power to resolve it...
     你的债务情况只是暂时的，你有能力解决好。
  2. Although it is not in his power to do so, he said he would rebuild the Air Base...
     虽然这超出了他的能力范围，他还是说他会重建空军基地。
  3. We must do everything in our power to ensure the success of the conference.
     我们必须尽一切能力保证会议圆满成功。
• N-UNCOUNT （法律赋予当权者的）权力，权限，职权
  If someone in authority has thepowerto do something, they have the legal right to do it.
  1. The Prime Minister has the power to dismiss and appoint senior ministers...
     首相有权任免高级部长。
  2. The police have the power of arrest...
     警方有权拘捕。
  3. The legal powers of British Customs officers are laid out in the Customs and Excise Management Act of 1969.
     英国海关官员的法定权限在1969年的《关税与消费税管理法》中有明文规定。
• N-UNCOUNT 政权；统治权
  If people takepoweror come topower, they take charge of a country's affairs. If a group of people arein power, they are in charge of a country's affairs.
  1. In 1964 Labour came into power...
     工党于1964年上台。
  2. He first assumed power in 1970...
     他于1970年首次执政。
  3. The party has been in power since independence in 1964.
     该党自1964年独立以来一直执政。
• N-COUNT 强国；大国
  You can usepowerto refer to a country that is very rich or important, or has strong military forces.
  1. In Western eyes, Iraq is a major power in an area of great strategic importance.
     在西方人眼里，伊拉克是位于具有重要战略意义的地区的一个重要强国。
  2. ...the emergence of the new major economic power, Japan.
     新兴重要经济强国日本的崛起
• N-UNCOUNT 动力；功率力
  Thepowerof something is the ability that it has to move or affect things.
  1. The Roadrunner had better power, better tyres, and better brakes.
     “路行者”汽车的性能、轮胎和刹车都更好。
  2. ...massive computing power.
     强大的计算能力
• N-UNCOUNT 能源；能量；（尤指）电力
  Poweris energy, especially electricity, that is obtained in large quantities from a fuel source and used to operate lights, heating, and machinery.
  1. Nuclear power is cleaner than coal...
     核能比煤清洁。
  2. Power has been restored to most parts that were hit last night by high winds...
     大部分昨晚遭大风袭击的地区已恢复供电。
  3. There is enough power to run up to four lights.
     电力足够带起4盏灯。
• VERB 给…提供能量；驱动（机器）
  The device or fuel thatpowersa machine provides the energy that the machine needs in order to work.
  1. The 'flywheel' battery, it is said, could power an electric car for 600 miles on a single charge...
     据说“飞轮”电池充电一次就能驱动电动汽车行驶600英里。
  2. The planes are powered by Rolls Royce engines.
     这些飞机由劳斯莱斯公司制造的发动机提供动力。
• ADJ 电动的
  Powertools are operated by electricity.
  1. ...large power tools, such as chainsaws.
     大型电动工具，如链锯
  2. ...a power drill.
     电钻
• N-SING （数学中的）幂，乘方
  In mathematics,poweris used in expressions such as2 to the power of 4or2 to the 4th powerto indicate that 2 must be multiplied by itself 4 times. This is written in numbers as 24, or 2 x 2 x 2 x 2, which equals 16.
  1. Any number to the power of nought is equal to one.
     任何数的0次方等于1。
• PHRASE 当权者，当局（尤指对其不赞同或不能理解其言行）
  You can refer to people in authority asthe powers that be, especially when you want to say that you disagree with them or do not understand what they say or do.
  1. The powers that be, in this case the independent Television Association, banned the advertisement altogether...
     掌权的，在这件事中即独立的电视协会，干脆禁播了那则电视广告。
  2. The powers that be may keep us from building a house just where we want to.
     当局可能会阻止我们随意建房屋。

双语例句

• Ancient civilizations believed in the curative powers of fresh air and sunlight.
  远古文明相信新鲜的空气和阳光有治病的功效。
• The constitution had invested him with certain powers.
  宪法授予他某些权力。
• Trevor helped police by using his psychic powers.
  特雷弗用他的通灵能力帮助了警方。
• He does not believe in a federal Europe with centralising powers.
  他认为一个集权式联邦制在欧洲是不可行的。
• Liberia was never colonised by the European powers
  利比里亚从未沦落为欧洲强国的殖民地。
• Federalism implies a plurality of political authorities, each with its own powers.
  联邦制意味着存在众多各自都拥有权力的政治管理机构。
• These powers were eventually passed to municipalities.
  这些权力最终移交给了各市当局。
• The king was forced to adopt a new constitution which reduced his powers.
  国王被迫采用了削弱其权力的新宪法。
• The powers that be, in this case the independent Television Association, banned the advertisement altogether
  掌权的，在这件事中即独立的电视协会，干脆禁播了那则电视广告。
• The armed forces would be given sweeping new powers.
  武装部队将被授予一些新的重要权力。