1. 權力；權勢；操縱力
    If someone has power, they have a lot of control over people and activities.

    e.g. She interviewed six women who have reached positions of great power and influence...
           她采訪了6名身居高位，并且頗具影響力的女士。
    e.g. In a democracy, power must be divided.
           在民主政體中，權力必須分制。

2. 能力；才能
    Your power to do something is your ability to do it.

    e.g. Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them...
           人類社會有能力解決面臨的問題。
    e.g. Fathers have the power to dominate children and young people...
           父輩們有能力支配孩子們和年輕人的生活。

3. 在…能力范圍之內(nèi)
    If it is in or within your power to do something, you are able to do it or you have the resources to deal with it.

    e.g. Your debt situation is only temporary, and it is within your power to resolve it...
           你的債務情況只是暫時的，你有能力解決好。
    e.g. Although it is not in his power to do so, he said he would rebuild the Air Base...
           雖然這超出了他的能力范圍，他還是說他會重建空軍基地。

4. （法律賦予當權者的）權力，權限，職權
    If someone in authority has the power to do something, they have the legal right to do it.

    e.g. The Prime Minister has the power to dismiss and appoint senior ministers...
           首相有權任免高級部長。
    e.g. The police have the power of arrest...
           警方有權拘捕。

5. 政權；統(tǒng)治權
    If people take power or come to power, they take charge of a country's affairs. If a group of people are in power, they are in charge of a country's affairs.

    e.g. In 1964 Labour came into power...
           工黨于1964年上臺。
    e.g. He first assumed power in 1970...
           他于1970年首次執(zhí)政。

6. 強國；大國
    You can use power to refer to a country that is very rich or important, or has strong military forces.

    e.g. In Western eyes, Iraq is a major power in an area of great strategic importance.
           在西方人眼里，伊拉克是位于具有重要戰(zhàn)略意義的地區(qū)的一個重要強國。
    e.g. ...the emergence of the new major economic power, Japan.
           新興重要經(jīng)濟強國日本的崛起

7. 動力；功率力
    The power of something is the ability that it has to move or affect things.

    e.g. The Roadrunner had better power, better tyres, and better brakes.
           “路行者”汽車的性能、輪胎和剎車都更好。
    e.g. ...massive computing power.
           強大的計算能力

8. 能源；能量；（尤指）電力
    Power is energy, especially electricity, that is obtained in large quantities from a fuel source and used to operate lights, heating, and machinery.

    e.g. Nuclear power is cleaner than coal...
           核能比煤清潔。
    e.g. Power has been restored to most parts that were hit last night by high winds...
           大部分昨晚遭大風襲擊的地區(qū)已恢復供電。

9. 給…提供能量；驅(qū)動（機器）
    The device or fuel that powers a machine provides the energy that the machine needs in order to work.

    e.g. The 'flywheel' battery, it is said, could power an electric car for 600 miles on a single charge...
           據(jù)說“飛輪”電池充電一次就能驅(qū)動電動汽車行駛600英里。
    e.g. The planes are powered by Rolls Royce engines.
           這些飛機由勞斯萊斯公司制造的發(fā)動機提供動力。

10. 電動的
      Power tools are operated by electricity.

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      e.g. ...large power tools, such as chainsaws.
             大型電動工具，如鏈鋸
      e.g. ...a power drill.
             電鉆

11. （數(shù)學中的）冪，乘方
      In mathematics, power is used in expressions such as 2 to the power of 4 or 2 to the 4th power to indicate that 2 must be multiplied by itself 4 times. This is written in numbers as 24, or 2 x 2 x 2 x 2, which equals 16.

      e.g. Any number to the power of nought is equal to one.
             任何數(shù)的0次方等于1。

12. 當權者，當局（尤指對其不贊同或不能理解其言行）
      You can refer to people in authority as the powers that be, especially when you want to say that you disagree with them or do not understand what they say or do.

      e.g. The powers that be, in this case the independent Television Association, banned the advertisement altogether...
             掌權的，在這件事中即獨立的電視協(xié)會，干脆禁播了那則電視廣告。
      e.g. The powers that be may keep us from building a house just where we want to.
             當局可能會阻止我們隨意建房屋。

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