| 单词 | omnipotent |
| 释义 | omnipotent (once / 1353 pages) adj If you want to describe someone who can do absolutely anything, reach for the adjective omnipotent. Omnipotent comes from the Latin words for total (omni) and power (potent). Omnipotent is frequently used for deities, but can apply to any exaggerated description of power. If you think that love rules the world, then to you, love is omnipotent. On the other hand, if you think that brute force wins, then maybe your idea of an omnipotent person is a mob boss. The stress is on the second syllable: om-NIP-uh-tent. WORD FAMILYomnipotent: omnipotence, omnipotently+/omnipotence: omnipotences USAGE EXAMPLESLed by a class of omnipotent central bankers, experts have gained extraordinary political power. The Guardian(Nov 11, 2016) During that period, the bank portrayed itself as omnipotent. Wall Street Journal(Oct 26, 2016) Khomeini’s regime was a seemingly omnipotent police state that claimed to derive legitimacy from Almighty God. Wall Street Journal(Oct 21, 2016) adj having unlimited power Syn all-powerful, almighty powerful having great power or force or potency or effect |
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