powerful

英 ['paʊəfʊl; -f(ə)l] 美['paʊɚfl]

adj. 强大的；强有力的
adv. 很；非常

近义词 mighty forceful influential effective potent omnipotent almighty

反义词 weak powerless ineffective

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英英释义

1. having great power or force or potency or effect;: "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"

2. strong enough to knock down or overwhelm;: "a knock-down blow"

3. having the power to influence or convince;: "a cogent analysis of the problem"; "potent arguments"

4. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful;: "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"

5. displaying superhuman strength or power;: "herculean exertions"

同义词辨析

powerful, mighty

这两个形容词均含"强有力的"之意。

powerful：普通用词，指事物本身具有巨在的力量、能力或权力，也可作引申用。

mighty：书面语用词，指力量、威力或能力等非常大，非一般可比，多作引申用，有时含夸张意味。

考试真题

As she explored new interests and developed new potentials, Leah felt powerful internally.

Surely, the American ideal of second chances should not be reserved only for the rich and powerful.

But functioning fireplaces remain to this day a powerful selling point in a house or apartment.

But they have a powerful hold on many people nonetheless, a hold extending far beyond their literary content

Although Leslie perhaps paints a bit broadly in contending that most of us are unaware of how much we don't know, he's surely right to point out that the problem is growing: Google can give us the powerful illusion that all questions have definite answers

As a physician, nutrition is one of the most powerful things you can change to reverse the effects of long-term disease.

Google can give us the powerful illusion that all questions have definite answers.

Powerful opposition to government's stimulus efforts.

But now, as then, powerful forces are ideologically opposed to the whole idea of government action on a sufficient scale to jump-start the economy.

A surprising thing for the man who runs one of the world's most powerful economies to say? Perhaps; though in the run-up to the five-year review of the Millennium ( ' , 千年的) Goals, he is far from alone.

Now there’s a lot more evidence of how powerful a celebrity, especially a professional athlete can be in influencing children’s behavior.

Despite its failure to shatter the glass ceiling,Sweden has one of the most powerful and innovative economies in the world.

This case gives the court an opportunity to rein in the growing use of patents to protect genetically engineered crops and other life forms―but the court may well use it to give this trend a powerful new endorsement.

Because parents are emotionally important to their children, they are typically a child's most powerful role models.

Providing powerful hand-held devices is sure to fuel debates over the role of technology in higher education

But in many cases, goals have economic rewards that make them more powerful.

White's experience is what many psychologists had expected - that Obama would prove to be a powerful role model for African Americans.

Hope has proven a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far,'said Doctor Charles R. Snyder, a psychologist, who has devised a scale to assess how much hope a person has.

But telling them that eating lots of high-fiber foods could reduce the risk of breast cancer before middle age, that's a powerful message.

During a megathrust event, all of that stress releases and some of the world’s most powerful earthquakes occur.

If humans are generally geared to recall details about one another, this pattern is probably even more powerful among teenagers who are very attentive to social details: who is in, who is out, who likes whom, who is mad at whom.

Positive emotions balance out negative ones, but they have other powerful benefits, too.

Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence A will be "either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity", and praised the creation of an academic institute dedicated to researching the future o

Rarely has there been a better example of the power of attitude, one of our most powerful psychological tools.

So now, for many cases involving governmental intrusions into data, once-lonely privacy advocates find themselves fighting alongside the most powerful company in the world.

The most powerful influences occur during early childhood and include both what happened to you directly, and what those around you did and said in your presence.

But we do think that you can live a more powerful life when you devote some of your time and energy to something much larger than yourself.

Egypt and Babylon were both tyrannies, one very powerful man ruling over helpless masses.

If you'd like to build a powerful bond with your garden, start by taking some time to recall the gardens of your youth.

It seems obvious that these have made humankind the most powerful animal on earth.

Light is a powerful biological force, and on many species it acts as a magnet.

Perhaps the most powerful type of waiting is the lucky-break wait.

Rich countries gain more from powerful Nifio, on balance, than they lose.

That's because there are a number of powerful voice manipulation 处理 and automation technologies that are about to become widely available for anyone to use.

That's how powerful the telephone is.

The effect is so powerful that scientists speak of songbirds and seabirds being"captured"by searchlights on land or by the light from gas flares on marine oil platforms.

The most recent powerful nino, in 1997-98, killed around 21, 000 people and caused damage worth $36 billion around the globe.

The pompidou centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more.

There are many powerful people in their life and work.

They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.

Using expansive gestures with open arms makes us feel more powerful, crossing your arms makes you more determined and lying down can bring more insights.

Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful.

This movement, driven by powerful and diverse motivations, built a nation out of a wilderness and, by its nature, shaped the character and destiny of an uncharted continent.

But Mauna Kea is also home to some of the world’s most powerful telescopes.

But Mauna Kea is also home to some of the world's most powerful telescopes.

This is a powerful argument, and a scary one.

实用场景例句

an immensely powerful organization: 有巨大影响力的组织

a rich and powerful man: 一个有钱有势的人

Only the intervention of powerful friends obtained her release.: 经过有影响力的朋友们斡旋她才得以释放。

powerful weapons: 威力强大的武器

a powerful engine: 大功率引擎

a powerful voice: 洪亮的嗓音

a powerful image/drug/speech: 鲜明的形象；有奇效的药物；有力的演说

a powerful body: 健壮的体魄

a powerful athlete: 矫健的运动员

a powerfully emotive song: 激动人心的歌曲

He is powerfully built (= he has a large strong body) .: 他身体魁梧健壮。

She argued powerfully for reform.: 她为改革进行了有力的辩论。

You're a powerful man — people will listen to you.: 你是有影响力的人，大家会听你的。

...Russia and India, two large, powerful countries.: 两大强国，俄罗斯和印度

Hans flexed his powerful muscles...: 汉斯活动了一下他那强健的肌肉。

It's such a big powerful dog.: 它是一条如此强壮的大狗。

The more powerful the car the more difficult it is to handle.: 汽车的功率越大，就越难驾驭。

...powerful computer systems...: 功能强大的计算机系统

There was a powerful smell of stale beer.: 有一种呛人的过期啤酒味。

...tiny creamy flowers with a powerful scent.: 散发浓香的淡黄色小花

At that moment Mrs. Jones's powerful voice interrupted them, announcing a visitor.: 就在那一刻，琼斯夫人响亮的声音打断了他们，说有人来访。

...Bleasdale's powerful 11-part drama about a corrupt city leader.: 布利兹戴尔创作的关于一个腐败市领导的极具感染力的电视剧，共有11集

...one of the world's most powerful and moving operas, Verdi's 'Otello'.: 威尔第创作的《奥泰罗》，世界最具感染力、最动人的歌剧之一

双语例句

1. The government wilted in the face of such powerful pressure.: 政府面对如此大的压力，失去了信心。

2. The social cachet of some form of qualification in India is powerful.: 在印度，具有某种资格享有巨大的社会威望。

3. The once-powerful post unions have been cut down to size.: 一度很强势的邮政联盟已经威风不再。

4. Ferries are very powerful and manoeuvrable compared to cargo ships.: 与货船相比，渡船马力大而且易操纵。

5. In some works, flowers take on a powerful emblematic quality.: 在一些作品中，花具有强烈的象征意义。

英文词源

powerful (adj.): c. 1400, from power (n.) + -ful. Meaning "of great quality or number" is from 1811; colloquial sense of "exceedingly" (adv.) is from 1822. Related: Powerfully. Thornton ("American Glossary") notes powerful as "Much used by common people in the sense of very," along with monstrous and cites curious expressions such as devilish good, monstrous pretty (1799), dreadful polite, cruel pretty, abominable fine (1803), "or when a young lady admires a lap dog for being so vastly small and declares him prodigious handsome" (1799).

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