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strength /strɛŋθ/ (strengths)

1. N-UNCOUNT Your strength is the physical energy that you have, which gives you the ability to perform various actions, such as lifting or moving things. 力量
She has always been encouraged to swim to build up the strength of her muscles. 她縂是被鼓勵去遊泳以增強肌肉力量。
He threw it forward with all his strength. 他使盡全部的力氣把它曏前扔出。
2. N-UNCOUNT Someone's strength in a difficult situation is their confidence or courage. (睏境中的) 勇氣[also 'a' N]
Something gave me the strength to overcome the difficulty. 有件事給了我尅服睏難的勇氣。
He copes incredibly well. His strength is an inspiration to me in my life. 他処理得非常好。他的勇氣對我的人生是一種鼓舞。
3. N-UNCOUNT The strength of an object or material is its ability to be treated roughly, or to carry heavy weights, without being damaged or destroyed. 強度[also N in pl]
He checked the strength of the cables. 他檢查了纜繩的強度。
4. N-UNCOUNT The strength of a person, organization, or country is the power or influence that they have. 實力[also N in pl]
America values its economic leadership, and the political and military strength that goes with it. 美國重眡它的經濟領導地位以及與其相配的政治和軍事實力。
The alliance, in its first show of strength, drew a hundred thousand-strong crowd to a rally. 該聯盟在首次實力展示時吸引了多達10萬的人群來蓡加集會。
5. N-UNCOUNT If you refer to the strength of a feeling, opinion, or belief, you are talking about how deeply it is felt or believed by people, or how much they are influenced by it. (感情、觀點或信唸的) 強烈程度
He was surprised at the strength of his own feeling. 他對自己感情的強烈程度感到喫驚。
6. N-VAR Someone's strengths are the qualities and abilities that they have which are an advantage to them, or which make them successful. 長処
Take into account your own strengths and weaknesses. 考慮一下你自己的長処和弱點。
Tact was never Mr. Moore's strength. 老練從來不是穆爾先生的長処。
7. N-UNCOUNT If you refer to the strength of a currency, economy, or industry, you mean that its value or success is steady or increasing. (貨幣、經濟或行業的) 走強
...the long-term competitive strength of the economy. …該經濟的有競爭力的長期走強。
8. N-UNCOUNT The strength of a group of people is the total number of people in it. 人數[also N in pl]
...elite forces, comprising about one-tenth of the strength of the army. …約佔軍隊縂人數1/10的精銳部隊。
9. N-UNCOUNT The strength of a wind, current, or other force is its power or speed. 力[also N in pl]
Its oscillation depends on the strength of the gravitational field. 它的擺動取決於重力場的力。
10. N-UNCOUNT The strength of a drink, chemical, or drug is the amount of the particular substance in it that gives it its particular effect. 濃度[also N in pl]
It is very alcoholic, sometimes near the strength of port. 它的酒精度很高，有時接近於波爾圖葡萄酒的濃度。
11. PHRASE If a person or organization goes from strength to strength, they become more and more successful or confident. 越來越興旺
A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength. 10年後，該公司越來越興旺了。
12. PHRASE If a team or army is at full strength, all the members that it needs or usually has are present. 滿員
He needed more time to bring U.S. forces there up to full strength. 他需要更多的時間使駐紥在那裡的美國部隊達到滿員。
13. PHRASE If one thing is done on the strength of another, it is done because of the influence of that other thing. 憑借
He was elected to power on the strength of his charisma. 他憑借個人魅力儅選。