| 单词 | powerful |
| 释义 | powerful (once / 82 pages) adjadv Something that's powerful displays, well, power. Your neighbor who just finished training to be a fireman probably looks much more powerful than he used to. We use powerful for many different senses of "strong." A powerful medicine is very effective. A powerful politician has more influence than most politicians. A powerful dog could probably knock you down. If you're reading a book written in folksy Southern vernacular, someone might use powerful to mean "very," as in, "that was a powerful good supper, Miss Jackson," or "you look powerful good tonight." WORD FAMILYpowerful: powerfulest, powerfully, powerfulness+/overpower: overpowered, overpowering, overpowers/overpowering: overpoweringly/power: overpower, powered, powerful, powering, powerless, powers, superpower/powered: unpowered/powerless: powerlessly, powerlessness/superpower: superpowers USAGE EXAMPLES“This is a really powerful compound,” says Mikhail Kogan, the medical director of the George Washington University Center for Integrative Medicine. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The riot was sparked by a clash between two gangs in the prison and reflects shifting allegiances among Brazil’s powerful narco-trafficking groups, authorities said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Pharmaceutical companies want genetic information to concoct powerful new drugs. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj 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 Syn|Ant effective, effectual, efficacious producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect potent, stiff, stronghaving a strong physiological or chemical effect all-powerful, almighty, omnipotenthaving unlimited power coerciveserving or intended to coerce compellingdriving or forcing mightyhaving or showing great strength or force or intensity muscularhaving or suggesting great physical power or force potent, stronghaving or wielding force or authority puissantpowerful regentacting or functioning as a regent or ruler regnant, reigning, rulingexercising power or authority stronghaving strength or power greater than average or expected powerless lacking power ineffective, ineffectual, uneffectivenot producing an intended effect impotentlacking power or ability feeble, nervelesslacking strength helpless, incapacitatedlacking in or deprived of strength or power low-poweredhaving little power to do work weaknot having authority, political strength, or governing power weakwanting in physical strength 2adj strong enough to knock down or overwhelm Syn knock-down strong having strength or power greater than average or expected 3adj (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful powerful arms Syn brawny, hefty, muscular, sinewy strong having strength or power greater than average or expected 4adj displaying superhuman strength or power Syn herculean superhuman above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance 5adj having great influence Syn potent influential having or exercising influence or power 6adv (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree it is powerful humid that boy is powerful big now Syn mightily, mighty, right |
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