单词 | powerful |
释义 | powerful (paʊəʳfʊl ) 1. adjective B1+ A powerful person or organization is able to control or influence people and events. You're a powerful man–people will listen to you. ...Russia and India, two large, powerful countries. ...Hong Kong's powerful business community. Synonyms: influential, dominant, controlling, commanding 2. See also all-powerful 3. adjective B1+ You say that someone's body is powerful when it is physically strong. Hans flexed his powerful muscles. It's such a big powerful dog. powerfully adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 He is described as a strong, powerfully-built man of 60. You can contract your muscles more powerfully by linking up your breathing to the exercise. 4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ A powerful machine or substance is effective because it is very strong. The more powerful the car the more difficult it is to handle. ...powerful computer systems. ...a powerful magnet. powerfully adverb [ADVERB adjective] B2 The substance is powerfully addictive. 5. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2 A powerful smell is very strong. There was a powerful smell of garlic. ...tiny creamy flowers with a powerful scent. Synonyms: intoxicating, strong, heady powerfully adverb [ADVERB after verb] The railway station smelt powerfully of cats and drains. 6. adjective A powerful voice is loud and can be heard from a long way away. At that moment the housekeeper's powerful voice interrupted them, announcing a visitor. 7. adjective B2 You describe a piece of writing, speech, or work of art as powerful when it has a strong effect on people's feelings or beliefs. ...Bleasdale's powerful 11-part drama about a corrupt city leader. ...one of the world's most powerful and moving operas, Verdi's 'Otello'. ...a powerful new style of dance-theatre. Synonyms: persuasive, convincing, effective, telling powerfully adverb [ADVERB -ed, ADVERB after verb] It's a play–painful, funny and powerfully acted. Synonyms: strongly, hard, vigorously, forcibly Collocations: powerful brand It became a powerful brand. Times, Sunday Times It remains one of the most powerful brands on the planet. Times, Sunday Times The study also ranked the most powerful brands, measuring how much the name and logo contribute to sales. The Sun She takes on an arbitration dispute with its large powerful neighbour. Times, Sunday Times Despite centuries of pressure from a powerful neighbour and internal hostility, the language has survived and for that miracle alone should be supported. Times, Sunday Times By the 1050s he was highly self-confident and ready to confront powerful neighbours. The Times Literary Supplement All societies nurture national myths, particularly small countries with powerful neighbours. Times, Sunday Times Before that, its brief flirtations with sovereignty were soon crushed by more powerful neighbours. Times, Sunday Times The rugged landscape of this vast estate, where more than 60 permanent sculptures loom large, has a powerful presence. Times, Sunday Times And she had a very powerful presence: the hand that rocked the cradle rocked the world in that house. Times,Sunday Times Skipper led by example and offered a powerful presence. The Sun As the ability to sustain this open awareness without reference to the pictures was acquired, bit by painful bit, the joy of immediacy overcame the fear of powerful presence. Christianity Today Live, however, the 48-year-old's powerful presence and bewitching singing drew the audience in to her oddball world from the off and held them transfixed for almost two hours. Times, Sunday Times It packs a powerful punch, so keep cuts minimal and fabrics unembellished. Times, Sunday Times In small theatres, it will pack a powerful punch. Times, Sunday Times The powerful punch was again followed by the powerful counter-punch. Times, Sunday Times We're talking the texture and comfort of a lightweight balm teamed with the powerful punch of pigment and a vinyl finish. The Sun Its economy packs a surprisingly powerful punch. Times, Sunday Times A protest would have been a powerful statement. The Sun And yet though 'being there' was by definition a powerful statement, still his presence troubled me. Times, Sunday Times Go whole range and a company can make a powerful statement. Times, Sunday Times There couldn't be a more powerful statement about the nature of politics. Times, Sunday Times The show had been created as a powerful statement of strength but has turned into a living nightmare for the pained performer. The Sun This was possibly the most powerful storm on record to make landfall anywhere in the world. Times, Sunday Times The flood followed a powerful storm that dropped almost half a year's rainfall over two days. Times, Sunday Times There was little warning from forecasters, but some older people had noticed unusual signs beforehand and suspected that a powerful storm was approaching. Times, Sunday Times Most residents did not know a powerful storm was coming until four hours before landfall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hurricane causes severe waves and a powerful storm surge, damaging life guard stations and wrecking or washing 31 vessels ashore. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's a powerful symbol of the ambitions of potentates brought low and looks an amusing parody/tribute. Times, Sunday Times The powerful symbol of the collapsing wall deserves to be celebrated as a sign not only of hope but of endurance. Times, Sunday Times It would have provided a powerful symbol of the threat from climate change - but it was not to be. Times, Sunday Times And now, as it celebrates its 150th anniversary, it stands as a powerful symbol of resilience. Smithsonian Mag Now a powerful symbol of the friendship and unity between our two countries lies shunned and rotting in a storage depot. The Sun She was so fired by his passion for cosmology that she bought herself a powerful telescope. Times, Sunday Times It's the most powerful microscope ever built and at the same time the most powerful telescope ever built. Times, Sunday Times If the skies are clear at night, guests can view the heavens through the lodge's powerful telescope. ST Enjoy informative talks on the solar eclipse and view the night skies with powerful telescopes. ST Take a tour around distant galaxies, nebulae and star clusters through the powerful telescopes at this public observing evening. Times, Sunday Times One particular preacher, a businessman who had experienced a sensational conversion, was known for his one sermon-a powerful testimony capped by an altar call. Christianity Today A new story was being written in our church's life, and it offered a powerful testimony to those who observed from without. Christianity Today It came after powerful testimony from her alleged victims. The Sun They are known for their powerful testimonies as well as for their music. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 强大的 Japanese: 強力な |
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