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单词 powerful
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powerfulpow‧er‧ful /ˈpaʊəfəl $ ˈpaʊr-/ ●●● S3 W2 adjective Entry menu
MENU FOR powerfulpowerful1 important2 speech/film etc3 feeling/effect4 machine/weapon etc5 physically strong6 a lot of force7 medicine8 team/army etc9 quality
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a powerful bomb
  • a powerful civil rights group
  • a powerful story of love and forgiveness.
  • Ammonia has a very powerful, distinctive smell.
  • Berlusconi was the owner of a powerful media empire.
  • He was a tall man with a powerful physique.
  • Her desire to hit him was so powerful that she had to force herself to leave the room at once.
  • I was impressed with Dinsmore's powerful command of language.
  • Jealousy is a very powerful emotion.
  • John held her in his powerful arms.
  • Nigeria is the most powerful and populous nation in black Africa.
  • one of the most powerful men in US politics
  • Parliament had become more powerful than the King.
  • Ten of the world's most powerful men met to discuss trade barriers.
  • The powerful smell of cabbage, sardines, and body odor filled the train.
  • The drug is a thousand times more powerful than LSD.
  • The Steelers' powerful offense has scored over 25 points a game.
  • There was a powerful smell coming from the laundry basket.
  • This Civic is more powerful than the last model.
  • Tyson landed a powerful left hook on Doulgas' chin.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But even notoriously conservative newspaper publishers recognize that the Web is a radical and powerful publishing medium.
  • He had gone for ever, to be replaced by the man she had really married, the ambitious and powerful Damian Flint.
  • In many ways the most powerful impetus to greater concentrations came from the state.
  • Looking around the modern world, she was not encouraged; powerful men are often childless.
  • MultiGen, meantime, has been made more powerful through a number of virtual reality options.
  • The difficulty was partly political; the favoured regions, London notably, had powerful friends in the major teaching hospitals.
  • The hospital subsequently discovered that her death was the result of a massive overdose of a powerful anticancer drug.
  • The recent dramatic growth of urban areas has been one powerful catalyst for change.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
a powerful person, organization, group etc is able to control and influence events and other people’s actions: · the world’s most powerful nation· Parliament had become more powerful than the King.· a powerful political family
having a lot of power to influence what happens, because people pay attention to what you say: · a highly influential fashion designer· He’s one of the most influential figures in international politics.
powerful – used about people or groups in politics who have a lot of supporters: · The communists were particularly strong in the big industrial cities.· He is a strong voice in the state assembly.
more powerful than other people, groups, countries etc: · She was the dominant force in women’s tennis for many years.· The company has a dominant position in the market.
Longman Language Activatorthe ability to control people and events
the ability or the right to control other people and make decisions that affect them: · Do you think the police have too much power?· He was motivated by greed, envy, and the lust for power.great/enormous power: · the enormous economic power of the United Statespower over: · The big Hollywood studios have a lot of power over what kind of films get made.have the power to do something: · Only Parliament has the power to make new laws.a power struggle (=a situation in which groups or leaders try to defeat each other and get complete control): · A power struggle developed between the president and the generals.
if someone has influence , they can use their important social position or their wealth to persuade other people to do things: influence in: · The Catholic Church has always had a lot of influence in Polish politics.influence over: · The banks had too much influence over government policy.somebody's influence with somebody (=someone's ability to persuade someone else to do things): · Using her influence with her husband, Evita Peron won women the right to vote.
the right to make decisions and control people, which a person has because of their job or official position: · No one dared to question the principal's authority.authority over: · In the British system, the mayor has no authority over the local police.have the authority to do something: · The King had the authority to raise taxes without the permission of parliament.
the right to give your opinion about a decision, so that you have some power to influence it: · If we're going to undertake such a big project, the voters should have a say.have a say in: · By giving the workers a greater say in the running of the company, we hope to increase cooperation and job satisfaction. have the final say (=have the power to make the final decision): · The Prisoner Review Board can recommend that a prisoner is released, but Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has the final say.
power that someone has because of their money, political position, or strength, and which makes it possible for them to do things that other people or organizations cannot do: · The government has for years been trying to destroy the muscle of the trade unions.have the muscle to do something: · Hanson Trust has the muscle to buy up some of America's biggest companies.financial/political muscle: · The Republicans do not have the political muscle to prevent the treaty being rejected by Congress.
informal the power that you have to influence other people's decisions, especially because you can use your position or your knowledge to persuade people in authority to do what you want: have/carry clout: · The banks do not carry quite as much clout as they used to.political/financial etc clout: · Doctors have considerably more political clout than teachers.
the power that a government, court, or organization has to make laws or to decide whether people are breaking the law - use this especially when you talk about the limits of this power: · In general, the American courts have no jurisdiction to deal with crimes outside the USA.· The Air Transit Authority's jurisdiction extends beyond the airport itself to include warehouses and associated buildings.jurisdiction over: · The council has no jurisdiction over these matters.be within/under somebody's jurisdiction: · It's not within our jurisdiction to tell people what to do in the privacy of their own homes.be outside somebody's jurisdiction: · The courts said the claim raised "political questions" that were outside its jurisdiction.
having a lot of power
a powerful person, organization, or country has a lot of power, and can control people and influence events: · Parliament had become more powerful than the King.· one of the most powerful men in US politics· Berlusconi was the owner of a powerful media empire.
someone who is influential can influence events, because they are rich, and therefore people pay attention to what they say: · Her uncle is a rich and influential businessman.· She is probably the most influential member of the finance committee.· an influential film critichighly influential (=very influential): · Galbraith was a highly influential writer on economic affairs.
powerful - use this about a political group that is supported by a lot of people: · The communists were particularly strong in the big industrial cities.· There has been a strong anti-nuclear movement in Japan for many years.
more powerful than other people, groups, countries etc: · Gradually, Microsoft became the dominant company in the software business· At the time Portugal was the dominant naval power in the Mediterranean.
having more power than anyone else, especially when this is not fair: · The all-powerful central committee meets twice a year.· Catherine the Great, the all-powerful ruler of the Russian Empire· Hollywood stars of the 30s were in awe of the all-powerful studio bosses.
to have power or influence because you know people who have very important jobs and positions and who will help you if necessary: · Bowen had friends in high places, and managed to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations.· The Achym family had friends in high places, including the powerful Lord Burghley, and were allowed to return.
a country that has a lot of power
a country that has a lot of economic and military power, and can influence what happens in other parts of the world: · The United States had replaced Great Britain as the dominant world power. · China is regaining its place as a world power, a status it enjoyed for 3,000 years and lost only a few centuries ago.
one of the most powerful countries in the world: · The United States, as the world's only remaining superpower, must continue making arms control a central element of its foreign policy.· He hinted at a bigger presence for the U.S. military in the Asian Pacific region where China is emerging as a superpower.
to have an official position of power
a person or political group that is in power has political control of a country or government: · The Socialists have been in power since the 1965 revolution. · The Congress Party in India lost its legislative majority in the late 1970s after nearly thirty years in power.remain/stay in power: · Gorbachev could not have remained in power without the support of the Red Army.
someone who is in authority has a job or position that gives them the right to tell other people what to do: · My mother demanded to speak to someone in authority.· Problems arise when people in authority can't keep discipline.
someone, usually a government official, who is in office , has an important job or position with power: · The decision was made to remove the President after 30 years in office.remain/continue in office: · Hayward has expressed his willingness to continue in office.
if a king, queen, political party, or organization rules , they have an official position of power in a country, and over the people who live there: · In 1860, Italy was a collection of small states ruled by princes and dukes.· While they ruled, the country remained isolated from the rest of the world.rule France/Spain etc: · The Pol Pot regime ruled Cambodia from 1974 to 1978.rule over: · Spain ruled over Portugal from 1580 to 1640.· Motamid had died, leaving his son Mostain to rule over Saragossa.
the ruling group or political party in an area or country is the one that is controlling it at the present time: ruling party/class/authority: · The ruling party is confident of winning the election.· the struggle between the workers and the ruling classes· The crisis sparked after the ruling party rushed through revisions of the labor and national security laws in a semi-secret parliamentary session.
if a king or queen reigns , they have an official position of power, although they may not have any real power over the government of the country: · Robert II reigned for 19 years and died in Dundonald Castle on 13th May, 1390. · The last Moorish king reigned there until 1492.reign over: · Penda was king from 633 to 655, but it is not known who had reigned over the Mercians in the period before.
to get power
to take political control of a country, especially by being elected: · When Mrs Thatcher came to power in 1979, no one expected her to stay there for 13 years.· After coming to power, President Clinton tried to resolve the conflict.
if a person or political party takes office , they start working in an official position of power or take political control of a country: · Less than three weeks after Labour took office, an economic crisis developed.· When Olson took office in January 1939, he was the state's first Democratic governor in forty years.
to get control of a country through violence: · The Bolsheviks took power in 1917.· General da Souza had the intention of taking power through a coup d'etat.
to get control of a country suddenly or quickly, by using military force: · Communist forces had come out in an attempt to seize power.· The Czar was overthrown when the revolutionaries seized power.
to take power from an existing government or organization by using military force: · A revolutionary government took over, featuring a reorganized council.· The authorities began to make the necessary arrangements for taking over the garrisons, which were still in the hands of the enemy.
having no power
someone who is powerless has no power to control or influence what happens: · Blocked by the Democrats in the Senate, Bush appeared powerless.powerless against: · The people of Hungary were powerless against the tanks of the Red Army.powerless to do something: · The UN was powerless to prevent the war spreading.
someone who is weak does not have much power because they cannot make other people respect them or obey them: · These policies failed because the government was weak and ineffective.· a weak, indecisive principal
to have no power to influence what happens because your opinion is ignored or regarded as unimportant: · Whenever we have to make an important decision, I feel that I have no say.have no say in something: · The French government allows the Annamese almost no say at all in running their affairs.
medicine/treatment
if a medicine, treatment etc is effective , it achieves the result that you want: · Antibiotics are only effective if you finish the whole course of treatment.effective in doing something: · Doctors soon realized that this drug was also effective in relieving the symptoms of arthritis.effective against: · Penicillin can be taken in various forms and is effective against a wide range of infections.highly effective: · Malarone is a new drug that has already proved highly effective.
if a medicine, treatment etc works , it has the effect that you want it to have: · I've tried several different diets, but none of them seem to work.· It's too late for surgery, but chemotherapy might just work.
a medicine or drug that is powerful or potent is very strong and works very quickly so that it should be used very carefully: · Little is known about the long-term effects of powerful drugs such as Duromine.· Nicotine is a powerful appetite suppressant.· Alcohol is much less potent than opium, because it works in an entirely different way.
a drug or type of treatment that will completely cure a painful or serious illness - use this especially when you do not really think that such a drug or treatment exists: · Unfortunately there's no miracle cure for a hangover.· Some alternative practitioners seem to regard the herb as some kind of miracle drug, but conventional doctors are warning them to be careful.
having a strong smell
· There's a strong smell of gas in here.· Her perfume is so strong - it makes me gag.· Goat's cheese has a strong smell.strong-smelling · Pete had covered himself in strong-smelling aftershave.
having a very strong, sharp, and often unpleasant smell: · Garlic has a pungent aroma.· Pungent diesel fumes poured from the back of the truck.
very strong, and sometimes unpleasant: · Ammonia has a very powerful, distinctive smell.· The powerful smell of cabbage, sardines, and body odor filled the train.
heady smell/scent/perfume a smell etc that is very strong and sweet, like a powerful smell of flowers: · A heady scent of jasmine hung in the summer air.· Diane loved the blossoms and the heady aroma of the wild rose bush.
a strong feeling/belief
· The subject of abortion always arouses strong emotions.· Stapleton has very strong views on capital punishment.· She had a strong urge to sell everything she owned and travel abroad.· The new police have received strong support from local residents.
a feeling that is intense is extremely strong: · It would give me intense pleasure to beat him at tennis.· As we waited for the winner to be announced, the excitement was intense.· Every car was stopped and searched, which caused intense annoyance to the drivers.
involving strong feelings, especially about what is right and wrong: · I remember many passionate arguments taking place around this table.passionate about: · He's passionate about the need to protect the environment.passionate believer/opponent/supporter etc: · Thatcher has always been a passionate believer in the ideals of a free market economy.
having a great effect on someone: · Jealousy is a very powerful emotion.· Her desire to hit him was so powerful that she had to force herself to leave the room at once.
a deep feeling is one that you feel very strongly, especially a feeling of love, disappointment, or sympathy: · I have always had a deep affection for your family.· The news came as a deep disappointment to us all.· Please accept our deepest sympathies. (=used when someone has died)
very strong and sincere: · Despite her troubled life she has always had a fervent belief in God.fervent admirer/supporter/believer etc: · Most of the people here are fervent supporters of self-determination.
formal very strong and sincere: · He was a man of strong beliefs and had always given ardent support to the Reform cause.· Even his most ardent supporters disagreed with this move.
having a strong body
someone who is strong has big muscles and can lift heavy things, do a lot of physical work etc: · It took four strong men to lift the piano.· Unless you have very strong arms, get a workman to do the drilling for you.big and strong: · Sarah's big and strong, just like the men she works with.as strong as an ox (=very strong): · Twenty years of working in the steel mill had made him as strong as an ox.
very strong - use this about someone's body, arms, muscles etc: · He was a tall man with a powerful physique.
someone who is muscular looks strong because you can see that they have big muscles: · She liked men who were tall and muscular.· He had broad shoulders and muscular arms.· He kept his firm muscular body in shape with an hour's run every morning.
a well-built man is strong and tall in an attractive way: · A well-built young man in uniform came to our table and asked the time.· Witnesses have described the attacker as white, six feet tall and well-built.
a strapping young man or young woman is strong, tall, and looks healthy and active: · She remembered Martin as a strapping youth with a big appetite.· The farmer's daughters were a fine pair of strapping young girls.
strong, with big muscles - use this especially to talk about someone who looks physically strong rather than intelligent: · The gardener's assistant arrived -- a brawny youth who never said a word.· He had a football player's physique: big head, thick neck, brawny shoulders, and heavy legs.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
(=reasons that make you think that something must be true)
 Good teamwork is a powerful tool (=very effective method) for effective management.
 Immigrants have had a powerful influence on the local culture.
 a machine that is immensely powerful
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· His arms were folded across his powerful chest.
(=with a lot of force)· Flights were cancelled after a powerful earthquake shook the northwest of the country.
(=rich and powerful)· economically powerful countries like the US
· the world’s two most powerful economies
(=very big, in a way that changes someone or something significantly)· My father’s death had a profound effect on me.
(=having a very strong effect on someone)· Grief is a very powerful emotion.
· The newer model has a more powerful engine.
· The powerful explosion was heard from Portland, Maine to Albany, New York.
 Nationalism is an immensely powerful force.
· The possibility of acquiring wealth acts as a strong incentive in many people's lives.
· The press can have a powerful influence on the way people vote.
· He bent down, obeying a deep instinct to protect himself from danger.
· Her fingers moved to make the sign that protected against strong magic.
(=one that works very well)· His election campaign used the powerful metaphor of ‘building a bridge to the next century’.
(=that has a lot of influence on people)· There is a powerful myth that crime has increased – in fact there was much more crime 100 years ago.
· The United States is the most powerful nation in the world.
· Many leaders from that period are still in powerful positions in government.
· My stomach took a couple of hard punches.
· The soldiers' deaths are a powerful reminder of the price we pay for freedom.
· He had powerful shoulders and a thick neck.
(=having a strong effect on people’s opinions)· He gave a powerful speech calling for unity.
· The urge was too strong to resist.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· It's more powerful than the regular injection models, but not quite as powerful as the full-blown turbos.· The Fokker was as powerful as any plane of its day.· And his hunger, as he kissed her, seemed as powerful as her own.· But what is important here is diet may be as powerful as taking medication.· Even a predator as powerful as a tiger wants to avoid risk of damage to itself.· Davis' testimony did not turn out to be as powerful as Jones had expected.· Nevertheless, Ramsay's consummate sense of pictorial design remains as powerful as ever.
· Here Kasparov should have sealed 41 c8 when the threats of g3 and g4 would be extremely powerful.· But soon after lunar sunrise, it emitted an extremely powerful blast of radio energy.· Peppermint, for example, is extremely powerful, whereas sandalwood is very mild.· Since smiling is an extremely powerful reinforcer, this visual interaction is important in bringing about the closeness of parent and child.· His key evolutionary innovation was separating the heating chamber from the cooling chamber; this made his engine extremely powerful.· Britain's negotiating position is thus extremely powerful.· Yet such desires are extremely powerful, and for most people-especially non-philosophers-quite hard to control.
· The financial markets are themselves an immensely powerful influence which we can never afford to ignore.· Sometimes I would feel immensely powerful, feel that I, single-handedly, might change the course of Woolf scholarship.· But there still remained immensely powerful ministers who led the fight for increased public investment and spending measures to cut unemployment.· The Savoyards also made Turin an immensely powerful fortress.· He was about 5 foot 10 inches tall but immensely powerful.· Jack was never flurried, his cool, unruffled play was a hallmark of his game, along with some immensely powerful clearances.· But the controls are complex because the machine is immensely powerful.· Taken together, the new biotechnologies and the pending scientific insights will be immensely powerful.
· The economically less powerful sections of the middle classes were growing fast both in numbers and in political consciousness.· But smaller, less powerful teams like this one are more vulnerable to the capriciousness of the games.· If I use unleaded will my engine be less powerful?· They were so-named two centuries ago because they resembled planets when viewed through the much less powerful telescopes of the time.· The flavours of both cheeses are less powerful than the bouquets.· ChemWindow Classic is a simpler version of the program recommended to users who have less powerful systems.· This is not because the family had become less powerful.· The judges may have seen him as less powerful than he once was.
· Some are nothing more than ethereal vapours, others are more powerful, more evident.· Even more powerful was the impact of television.· Indiscrimate roadside spraying using more powerful weedkillers has been banned because the chemicals found their way into water supplies.· In some ways, this can be an advantage because it makes the programs more powerful.· In the following year they were replaced by five more powerful turbines and a larger steam engine.· And they could be a more powerful and intrusive problem than any you encountered in the corporate infighting of your previous job.· Goering had noted many times before that the fatter and more powerful he got, the more attractive women found him.· We can get away with this because we are so prosperous, so secure and so much more powerful than everyone else.
· Or so predicts Hermes, one of the City's most powerful institutions with more than £50 billion to spend.· The next most powerful people are successful older men.· It has one of the most powerful engines of its type in the world.· Membership in the United Nations' most powerful body includes 10 rotating and five permanent members.· The most powerful Lord of the Dark Ireland.· The most powerful reinforcer is performance.· Before very long he becomes the leader of one of the most powerful teenage gangs in Brooklyn.· But the most powerful aspect of Englerization is welfare reform.
· He seemed so powerful at the time.· The wind off the beach was so powerful it was difficult to hold the Land-Rover in lane.· I have to take it a little at a time, it is so powerful.· At no other time was the pulse of prayer so powerful in his parish.· Gianni Bugno, so powerful in the hills and the current world road champion, must be among the favourites.· But I also fear that this encryption stuff is so powerful it could blow up in my face.· When a woman's voice answered she had to hang up, her anger was so powerful.· The stench is so powerful that you feel - and sometimes are - violently sick.
· Third placed Hawarden Park should be too powerful at home for bottom of the table Chirk.· Self-interest is just too powerful, and the only thing that can contain it is competition.· The shrimp growers are too powerful to be touched.· Others saw the new media as too powerful and pervasive to be left entirely uncontrolled and unregulated by government.· Our feelings seem almost too powerful, the sort that burn themselves out.· But the Lancastrian army proved too powerful, and after a brave fight the defences were breached.· Is that too powerful a word for the positive experiences of old age?· In 1996 Suharto attempted to have her ousted because he feared that she was becoming too powerful.
· By contrast, we have very powerful approaches to understanding individual differences within groups.· Radar mapping is carried out by using a very powerful radar transmitter to send bursts of radar power at the target.· You need a very powerful microscope if you are to see the fundamental crystal structure of our environment.· We have beaten a very powerful conservative, Sen.· The book is a very powerful communication on ritual abuse and its effects.· Such a feeling would be very powerful and could lead to the intense craving observed among alcoholics.· The cement is very powerful and will not be removed by hot water, soaps, or detergents.· Starting with nothing, he has become very, very rich and very, very famous, and very, very powerful.
NOUN
· There is a powerful argument for saying that, in general, it should be subject to the rules of administrative law.· Despite these powerful arguments against mutual funds, there are still reasons why it makes sense for ordinary investors to own them.· One powerful argument attributes this stagnation to the economic structure set in the early 1950s.· These were certainly powerful arguments for sending the coach back, but they did not prevail.· A powerful argument for causation could be the effect of treatment interventions.· It is a powerful argument, as was demonstrated by the heated responses it provoked.· Which might be a powerful argument for his essential innocence.· While those are powerful arguments, more speed, extra refinement and sharper handling would put it right on the pace.
· Traditionally, one powerful computer is used as a dedicated server using all its power and memory to run the network.· The program requires a powerful computer.· Specialist image analysis equipment for light and electron microscope images also require interfacing with powerful computers.· The network focuses on a single application: networking powerful computers to help doctors plan radiation therapy for cancer treatment.· And character recognition is relatively slow and prone to errors even on powerful computers.· You can simulate them on a very powerful computer.· If you're only chatting it text, you won't need a particularly fast connection, nor a powerful computer.· In fact, experienced users with powerful computers will find they can run several of these tasks at the same time.
· They certainly help to enhance a perspective that sees Faustus as a pawn between two more powerful forces.· The buildup on income over a long period is a powerful force.· Drama can be a powerful force for motivating and enhancing work in every curriculum area.· Religion, combined with practical help, can be a powerful force in stabilizing a neighborhood and turning lives around.· The present account concerns that middle stratum and how its views might relate to wider and more powerful forces of society.· Computers, and the underlying communications network that supports them, have been a powerful force for such standardization.· As an ally, Nails was a powerful force.· And in the long run the friendships formed in these social situations can be a powerful force in decision making.
· The financial markets are themselves an immensely powerful influence which we can never afford to ignore.· In naturally occurring decision environments, interactions between situational demands and self-referent factors can exert a powerful influence on the decision-making process.· The Evangelicals have become a powerful influence in the land and this lays them open to the wooing of politicians.· In the coming millennium, Dahl predicted, new telecommunications technology will exert a powerful influence for change on the democratic process.· Children think in black and white, good and bad, and the comic has a powerful influence on shaping attitudes.· Room temperature exerted a powerful influence on the going rate of any timekeeper.· At every stage in the communication process we can detect the powerful influence of culture.· Peer pressure among journalists also can have a powerful influence on improving performance.
· He was a very powerful man.· The Sporting News recently had the nerve to name Woods the most powerful man in all of sports.· She had never been so aware of anyone as she was of the powerful man who had entered her life so abruptly.· He impressed me as a physically powerful man operating for the moment under great restraint.· He was by now a very powerful man and had created jealousy and resentment.· Frankly, in our state, they bullied one of the most powerful men in the state.· His first experience of the conflict between two powerful men, tossing between them the idea of war.· Throughout history powerful men have usually had more than one mate each, even if they have had only one legitimate wife.
· Many party leaders from that period are still in powerful positions in government.· Over the years they have carved out a powerful position within the town's antique trade.· They build and arm a huge city, and achieve a powerful position.· The real menace is the right shoulder, which at the top of the backswing adopts a potentially powerful position.· No child should be put in the powerful position of having to tell tales on another child.· We send in negative data on our peers - those who are competing with us for more powerful positions.· Gen Khan was given command of the Lahore corps, his first corps command and still a powerful position.· He was in a powerful position to become the single successor, but his luck did not hold.
· This is one very powerful reason why I am writing this chapter.· Those are two powerful reasons why every text-based and still-picture-based interactive experiment like videotext has failed in the past.· There are, in fact, other powerful reasons for making jojoba a universal substitute for whale oil.· This alone is a powerful reason why one new religion should be allowed to develop to replace all the old.· It was also due to a barbaric delight in high-sounding verbiage, and probably this was the most powerful reason for its use.· Both sides have powerful reasons to hold fast to their traditional positions.· To transfer this judgment of seriousness into desirable legal responses is no easy matter, however, for two powerful reasons.
· The powerful voices of the Fabians, where the Webbs proved insistent campaigners, urged State intervention on a new scale.· These powerful voices have far more allegiance to right-wing causes then they do to Republican leaders.· Many of them reiterate the plea for a high profile personality to present a powerful voice on behalf of the Institute and its members.· The alternative fan networks continue to provide an articulate and powerful voice for supporters.· The lessons in singing and elocution had left her with a pretty powerful voice.· A powerful voice has been the influential panel of experts, led by Norman Augustine of Martin Marietta.· With sons the family would be a powerful voice in village politics.
· Fear is one of the Dark Lord's most powerful weapons yet some of his army are defeated by it.· Procrastination or partial responses are powerful weapons.· New powers to refuse wastes and revoke licences are potentially powerful weapons in controlling the movement and safe disposal of wastes.· And designing and implementing new mercantile processes is the most powerful weapon available to wage that war effectively.· Manipulation People who manipulate use guilt and blame-they are powerful weapons to get people to do something.· Fear is proving a powerful weapon for keeping such places quiet.· It is a powerful weapon of persuasion.· At the same time, exposure in the press is a powerful weapon against the abuse of authority and wrong doing.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounpowersuperpowerpowerlessnessempowermentadjectivepowerful ≠ powerlessoverpoweringpowerpoweredverbpowerempoweroverpoweradverbpowerfully ≠ powerlesslyoverpoweringly
1important a powerful person, organization, group etc is able to control and influence events and other people’s actions → powerless:  He was one of the most powerful men in Bohemia. a very influential and powerful family rich and powerful nations2speech/film etc having a strong effect on someone’s feelings or opinions:  a powerful speechpowerful reasons/arguments (=reasons that make you think that something must be true) Good teamwork is a powerful tool (=very effective method) for effective management.3feeling/effect a powerful feeling or effect is very strong or great:  Immigrants have had a powerful influence on the local culture. a powerful sense of tradition4machine/weapon etc a powerful machine, engine, weapon etc is very effective and can do a lot:  a new generation of more powerful PCs a machine that is immensely powerful a powerful 24-valve engine a powerful telescope5physically strong physically strong:  Jed was a powerful, well-built man. The females are smaller and less powerful than the males.► see thesaurus at strong6a lot of force a powerful blow, explosion etc has a lot of force:  an explosion ten times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb a powerful right-foot shot on goal winds powerful enough to uproot trees7medicine a powerful medicine or drug has a very strong effect on your body8team/army etc a powerful team, army etc is very strong and can easily defeat other teams or armies:  a powerful fighting force9quality very strong, bright, loud etc:  a powerful singing voice the powerful headlights—powerfully adverb:  Christie is very powerfully built. → all-powerfulTHESAURUSpowerful a powerful person, organization, group etc is able to control and influence events and other people’s actions: · the world’s most powerful nation· Parliament had become more powerful than the King.· a powerful political familyinfluential having a lot of power to influence what happens, because people pay attention to what you say: · a highly influential fashion designer· He’s one of the most influential figures in international politics.strong powerful – used about people or groups in politics who have a lot of supporters: · The communists were particularly strong in the big industrial cities.· He is a strong voice in the state assembly.dominant more powerful than other people, groups, countries etc: · She was the dominant force in women’s tennis for many years.· The company has a dominant position in the market.
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