| 单词 | powerful |
| 释义 | powerful —powerfully, adv. —powerfulness, n. /pow"euhr feuhl/, adj. 1. having or exerting great power or force. 2. physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete. 3. producing great physical effects, as a machine or a blow. 4. potent; efficacious: a powerful drug. 5. having great effectiveness, as a speech, speaker, description, reason, etc. 6. having great power, authority, or influence; mighty: a powerful nation. 7. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. great in number or amount: a powerful lot of money. [1350-1400; ME powarfull. See POWER, -FUL] Syn. 1. forceful, strong. POWERFUL, MIGHTY, POTENT suggest great force or strength. POWERFUL suggests capability of exerting great force or overcoming strong resistance: a powerful machine like a bulldozer. MIGHTY, now chiefly rhetorical, implies uncommon or overwhelming strength of power: a mighty army. POTENT implies great natural or inherent power: a potent influence. 5. influential, convincing, forcible, cogent, effective. Ant. 1. weak. |
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