| 单词 | strength |
| 释义 | strength 1. a. < strength to surmount the horrors and humiliations of … defeat — Patrick O'Donovan > < the inner strength of self-restraint — A.E.Stevenson †1965 > b. < the lion's natural weapons …strength and cunning — James Stevenson-Hamilton > < as the day went on, her strength lessened — Millen Brand > c. (1) < the strength of his personal prestige — A.L.Funk > < a policy based on peace through strength — R.M.Makins > (2) (3) < testing the strength of a new high explosive > d. archaic < westwardly … the soil again improves in strength — Charles Vancouver > 2. a. (1) < the magnificent sense of history and tradition which is one of the strengths of the Roman Catholic Church — Newsweek > (2) < make it clear what you consider are the strengths and weaknesses of the book — Raymond Walters b. 1912 > < children … exhibit special gifts and strengths relatively early — Gertrude H. Hildreth > < it was Napoleon's strength neither to admit defeat nor to be trapped by stubborn adherence to a ruinous course — Oscar Handlin > b. archaic < all the forts and strengths of the realm — Robert Barret > c. (1) < negotiate from strength > (2) obsolete 3. a. < made it easier for power-seeking nations to build strength for the second world war — T.F.Hawkins > b. obsolete (1) (2) c. archaic < castle's strength will laugh a siege to scorn — Shakespeare > d. < the strength of igneous rocks > < the rubber does not attain full strength until vulcanization is complete — Dun's Review > — compare breaking strength, compressive strength, fatigue strength, tensile strength e. (1) < the struggle … was terrific, costing each side about one third of its strength — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < Commonwealth has a powerful strength of naval bases around the world — Quentin Reynolds > (2) < suggested that we bring the regiment up to strength with carefully certified officers — Oliver La Farge > < sufficiently valuable assistants to be put on the strength — Manchester Guardian Weekly > (3) < forces landed in strength in three places — Infantry Journal > f. < an employed strength of 70,000 — Country Life > g. archaic < without … their crews he had no longer strength enough to navigate the ship — George Anson > h. < economic and industrial … strengths of the Communist and anti-Communist blocs — New York Times > 4. a. (1) < strength of the wind > < the strength and direction of sea currents vary considerably at different times of the year — W.H.Dowdeswell > < it is not sufficient to know merely the overall strength of a noise — S.S.Stevens > (2) b. < strength of conviction > < the overwhelming strength of British opinion — A.P.Ryan > c. < each part of the engraving should print at its exact strength — John Southward > < strengths are given as percentages of alcohol by volume — O.A.Mendelsohn > d. e. < strength in consumer buying > < stock markets were displaying remarkable drive and strength — London Financial Times > 5. a. obsolete < thou hast the strength of laws — Shakespeare > b. < intent to have an explanation … and I'll get the strength of matters soon enough — Rex Ingamells > c. < strength of an argument > < strength of legal evidence > d. < a fussy housewife scalding the entire pantry on the strength of one ant in the cookie jar — H.L.Davis > < new sawmills were established on the strength of anticipated canal trade — American Guide Series: Ind. > 6. < it was this titan's spirit which gave such drive and strength to the mightiest of his plays — John Mason Brown > < the film finds pictorial strength in its fine blending of bare reality and shattering glitter — Cecile Starr > < the building masses are … well related, endowing the structure with a silhouette of great strength — American Guide Series: New York City > Synonyms: see power • - from strength to strength |
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