power

參見：Power

英語

其他形式

• powre (棄用)

詞源

源自中古英語 power、poer，源自古法語 poeir，源自通俗拉丁語 *potēre，源自拉丁語 possum、posse (「能夠」)，見potent。對比法語 pouvoir。取代了古英語原生詞彙anweald。

發音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈpaʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈpaʊ.ə(ɹ)/
  • (有三元音平滑) 國際音標^(幫助): /paə/, /paː/, /pɑː/
• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈpaʊ.ɚ/, /ˈpaʊɹ/, [ˈpʰaʊ̯ɚ], [ˈpʰaʊ̯ɹ]

• 音頻（美式）：

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• 韻部：-aʊ.ə(ɹ), -aʊə(ɹ)
• 斷字：pow‧er

名詞

power (可數 和 不可數，複數 powers)

1. 能力
   • 2018, Marilyn McCord Adams, Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God (page 74)

     If it is spirits who have power to suffer, it seems they would also have active powers to think and will.

2. (社會學) 影響力，勢力
   1. (可數) 影響力，控制力
      • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 第 III 卷, London: A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, book ii:

        An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation.

      • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 第 III 卷, London: A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, book iii:

        Thwackum, on the contrary, maintained that the human mind, since the fall, was nothing but a sink of iniquity, till purified and redeemed by grace. […] The favourite phrase of the former, was the natural beauty of virtue; that of the latter, was the divine power of grace.

      • 1913, Robert Barr, 章號 4, 出自 Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[1]:

        “ […] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. […]”

        （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

      • 1998, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

        Past and future obviously have no reality of their own. Just as the moon has no light of its own, but can only reflect the light of the sun, so are past and future only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present.

   2. 權力，勢力
      • 1949, Eric Blair, aka George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

        The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. [...] We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

      • 2005, Columbia Law Review, April

        In the face of expanding federal power, California in particular struggled to maintain control over its Chinese population.

      • 2013年8月10日, 「Can China clean up fast enough?」, 出自 The Economist, 第 408 卷, 第 8848 期:

        It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

        （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   3. (轉喻義，主要用複數) 政權，當局

      近義詞：powers that be

   4. (轉喻義) 影響力巨大的集體，如強國，大型企業等
      • 2013年8月16日, John Vidal, 「Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas」, 出自 The Guardian Weekly, 第 189 卷, 第 10 期，第 8 頁:

        Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.

        （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

3. (物理學，不可數) 效率，效果
   1. 力量

      He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.

      他需要很大力量才能將球打出體育館。

   2. 電力

      After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days.

      輸電塔塌了以後，這個鎮子已經停電好幾天了。

      • 1913, Robert Barr, 章號 4, 出自 Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[2]:

        “My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up. […] You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. […]”

        （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

      • 2013年7月20日, 「Out of the gloom」, 出自 The Economist, 第 408 卷, 第 8845 期:

        [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.

        （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   3. （電的）功率
   4. (透鏡等的) 放大倍數

      We need a microscope with higher power.

      我們需要一個倍數更高的顯微鏡。

4. (口語，過時) 大量
   • Template:RQ:Holinshed Chronicles

     The threatning words of duke Robert comming at the last to king Henries eares, caused him foorthwith to conceiue verie sore displeasure against a power of men sent into Normandie.

   • 1872, Mark Twain, Roughing It:

     Don't you mind my snuffling a little—becuz we're in a power of trouble.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

5. (機械的) 拉力，牽引力等；力量
6. (物理學，機械) 功率
7. (數學)
   1. 冪
   2. (集合論) （集合的）勢
   3. (統計學) 統計功效
8. (聖經，複數) 能天使

近義詞

• aptitude
• arm
• authority
• capability
• capacity
• clout
• command
• competence
• competency
• control
• dominion
• energy
• force
• grip
• hold
• influence
• main
• mastery
• might
• muscle
• potency
• pull
• sinew
• strength
• sway
• vigor
• wald
• weight

 

反義詞

• impotence
• weakness

下義詞

• atomic power
• black power
• candlepower
• colonial power
• empower
• flower power
• gray power
• grey power
• hard power
• horsepower
• institutional power
• moral power
• nuclear power
• optical power
• personal power
• political power
• poor power
• running powers
• sea power
• social power
• soft power
• solar power
• superpower
• white power
• wind power

 

衍生詞彙

• candlepower
• empower
• horsepower
• in power
• more power to someone, more power to your elbow
• power base
• power behind the throne
• power bottom
• power broker
• power cable
• power consumption
• power cord
• Power County
• power cut
• power-cycle
• power-egg
• power failure
• power forward
• powerful
• power jam
• power lead
• powerless
• powerlike
• power of attorney
• power-operated
• power plant
• powerplay, power play
• power projection
• power set
• powersharing, power-sharing, power sharing
• power station
• powers that be
• power struggle
• powertrip, power-trip, power trip
• power user
• power vacuum
• superpower
• will to power

 

相關詞彙

• possible
• potent

派生語彙

• → 德語: Power
• → 威爾士語: pŵer

動詞

power (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 powers，現在分詞 powering，一般過去時及過去分詞 powered)

1. (及物) 給...供電

   This CD player is powered by batteries.

   這台CD播放器是由電池供電的。

2. (及物) 猛擊，猛踢
   • 2011年2月1日, Mandeep Sanghera, 「Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa」, 出自 BBC‎^[3]:

     United keeper Edwin van der Sar was the unlikely provider as his clearance found Rooney, who had got ahead of last defender Richard Dunne, and the forward brilliantly controlled a ball coming from over his shoulder before powering a shot past Brad Friedel.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

3. 促進，驅動
   • 2017年4月6日, Samira Shackle, 「On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers」, 出自 the Guardian‎^[4]:

     Abdul Sattar Edhi came to Karachi as a poor man from an Indian village in 1947. Starting with a small pharmacy tent, his work rapidly expanded, powered by donations from ordinary citizens.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

衍生詞彙

• power down
• power up
• empower

形容詞

power (比較級 more power，最高級 most power)

1. (新加坡，口語) 很棒的
   • 2001, Thian, Makan Time‎^[5]:

     Check out the POWER Mee Rebus & Lontong in this newly established Nasi Padang coffee shop at Market Street Carpark.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2005, Bayya, Bayya Eats ... and Other Stuff‎^[6]:

     Their performance is very the Power!

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2010, Caihong Lim & Kesheng Lim, Footprints All Over: Love, Happiness,Joy‎^[7]:

     His hokkien is damn power lah!

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2015, SGMOJI, Your Ultimate Guide to Locally-Grown Emojis‎^[8]:

     Eh his soccer skills damn power one.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

延伸閱讀

• OneLook 在線詞典 上有關 power 的釋義

異序詞

• powre

德語

詞源 1

源自法語 pauvre，源自拉丁語 pauper。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈpoːvər/, [ˈpoːvɐ]
• 斷字：po‧wer

形容詞

power (強變化主格陽性單數 powerer，比較級 powerer，最高級 am powersten)

1. (方言，非正式) 可悲的

變格

power 的原級

數和性		單數			複數
		陽性	陰性	中性
表語		er ist power	sie ist power	es ist power	sie sind power
強變化 （無冠詞）	主格	powerer	powere	poweres	powere
	屬格	poweren	powerer	poweren	powerer
	與格	powerem	powerer	powerem	poweren
	賓格	poweren	powere	poweres	powere
弱變化 （帶定冠詞）	主格	der powere	die powere	das powere	die poweren
	屬格	des poweren	der poweren	des poweren	der poweren
	與格	dem poweren	der poweren	dem poweren	den poweren
	賓格	den poweren	die powere	das powere	die poweren
混合變化 （帶不定冠詞）	主格	ein powerer	eine powere	ein poweres	(keine) poweren
	屬格	eines poweren	einer poweren	eines poweren	(keiner) poweren
	與格	einem poweren	einer poweren	einem poweren	(keinen) poweren
	賓格	einen poweren	eine powere	ein poweres	(keine) poweren

power 的比較級

數和性		單數			複數
		陽性	陰性	中性
表語		er ist powerer	sie ist powerer	es ist powerer	sie sind powerer
強變化 （無冠詞）	主格	powererer	powerere	powereres	powerere
	屬格	powereren	powererer	powereren	powererer
	與格	powererem	powererer	powererem	powereren
	賓格	powereren	powerere	powereres	powerere
弱變化 （帶定冠詞）	主格	der powerere	die powerere	das powerere	die powereren
	屬格	des powereren	der powereren	des powereren	der powereren
	與格	dem powereren	der powereren	dem powereren	den powereren
	賓格	den powereren	die powerere	das powerere	die powereren
混合變化 （帶不定冠詞）	主格	ein powererer	eine powerere	ein powereres	(keine) powereren
	屬格	eines powereren	einer powereren	eines powereren	(keiner) powereren
	與格	einem powereren	einer powereren	einem powereren	(keinen) powereren
	賓格	einen powereren	eine powerere	ein powereres	(keine) powereren

power 的最高級

數和性		單數			複數
		陽性	陰性	中性
表語		er ist am powersten	sie ist am powersten	es ist am powersten	sie sind am powersten
強變化 （無冠詞）	主格	powerster	powerste	powerstes	powerste
	屬格	powersten	powerster	powersten	powerster
	與格	powerstem	powerster	powerstem	powersten
	賓格	powersten	powerste	powerstes	powerste
弱變化 （帶定冠詞）	主格	der powerste	die powerste	das powerste	die powersten
	屬格	des powersten	der powersten	des powersten	der powersten
	與格	dem powersten	der powersten	dem powersten	den powersten
	賓格	den powersten	die powerste	das powerste	die powersten
混合變化 （帶不定冠詞）	主格	ein powerster	eine powerste	ein powerstes	(keine) powersten
	屬格	eines powersten	einer powersten	eines powersten	(keiner) powersten
	與格	einem powersten	einer powersten	einem powersten	(keinen) powersten
	賓格	einen powersten	eine powerste	ein powerstes	(keine) powersten

詞源 2

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈpaʊ̯ər/, [ˈpaʊ̯ɐ]
• 同音詞：Power

動詞

power

1. powern 的單數命令式
2. (口語) powern 的第一人稱單數現在時

延伸閱讀

• 「power」在《杜登線上辭典》上的釋義