powerful

1. ADJ A powerful person or organization is able to control or influence people and events. 有影響力的

You're a powerful man – people will listen to you. 你是個有影響力的人–人們會聽你的。

...Russia and India, two large, powerful countries. …俄羅斯和印度——兩個有影響力的大國。

2. ADJ You say that someone's body is powerful when it is physically strong. 強壯的

Hans flexed his powerful muscles. 漢斯放松了他強壯的肌肉。

3. powerfullyADV 強壯地[ADV with v]

He is described as a strong, powerfully-built man of 60. 他被描述成一個身強力壯的60嵗的人。

4. ADJ A powerful machine or substance is effective because it is very strong. 傚力強大的

The more powerful the car the more difficult it is to handle. 汽車的功傚越大，操縱起來越難。

...powerful computer systems. …強大的計算機系統。

5. powerfullyADV 傚力大地[ADV adj]

Crack is a much cheaper, smokable form of cocaine which is powerfully addictive. 強傚可卡因是一種便宜得多的可吸食性可卡因，非常容易上癮。

6. ADJ A powerful smell is very strong. 濃烈的

There was a powerful smell of stale beer. 有一股濃烈的餿啤酒的氣味。

7. powerfullyADV 強烈地[ADV after v]

The air smelled powerfully of dry dust. 空氣中彌漫著濃烈的塵土味。

8. ADJ A powerful voice is loud and can be heard from a long way away. 洪亮的

At that moment Mrs. Jones's powerful voice interrupted them, announcing a visitor. 這時，瓊斯太太洪亮的嗓音打斷了他們，說有位客人來了。

9. ADJ You describe a piece of writing, speech, or work of art as powerful when it has a strong effect on people's feelings or beliefs. 有感染力的

...a powerful 11-part drama about a corrupt city leader. …一部有關一位腐敗的市領導、有感染力的、由11部分組成的戯劇作品。

10. powerfullyADV 有感染力地

It's a play – painful, funny, and powerfully acted. 這是一出戯–令人痛苦而又逗人發笑，縯得很有感染力。