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单词 powerful
释义 pow·er·ful
I. \ˈpau̇(ə)rfəl, -au̇əf-, -au̇wəf-, -R chiefly substand -au̇f-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English powerfull, from power (I) + -full, -ful -ful
1.
 a. : having great force or potency : strong, compelling
  < powerful state >
  < powerful leader >
  < powerful physique >
  < powerful solvent >
  < images that are always powerful, imaginative, and solid — Whitney Balliett >
  < the … powerful immediacy of hunger — Lionel Trilling >
  < a powerful influence for good — C.C.Walcutt >
 b. : having great prestige or effect : influential, stimulating
  < powerful clique >
  < powerful journal >
  < the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee — Vera M. Dean >
  < love of the outdoors was a powerful factor in his decision to take up farming >
  < music is powerful in the building up of … expansiveness of personality — H.A.Overstreet >
2. : endowed with talent or ability : capable
 < here is one of our most powerful performers refusing to show his power — E.R.Bentley >
3. chiefly dialect : great in amount or extent : big, considerable
 < think if they raise 75 or a hundred bu. of wheat they have a powerful crop — A.E.Fife >
pow·er·ful·ly \-f(ə)lē, -li\ adverb
II. adverb
chiefly dialect : to a great degree or extent : very
 < was powerful glad to see me — Mark Twain >
 < it was powerful dark going down through the holler — H.E.Giles >
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