empower

英 [ɪm'paʊə(r)] 美 [ɪm'paʊər]

• vt. 授权；使能够

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 授权
2. 使能够
3. 准许，允许
4. 有权
5. 奉...的命令
6. 增加自主权
7. 使控制局势
8. 委托

英英释义

Verb:

1. give or delegate power or authority to;

   "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
   

2. give qualities or abilities to

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The lawyer was empowered to pay all her bills.
   律师已被授权偿付她的一切帐单。
2. The new laws empower the police to stop anybody in the street.
   新法令授予警察可以在街上截停任何人的权利。
3. The new laws empower the police to search private house.
   新的法律使警察得以搜查私人住宅。
4. Modern science and technology empower human beings to control natural forces more effectively.
   现代科学技术使人类能更有效地制服自然。

经典引文

• It did not secure the necessary two-thirds that would have empowered the WI executive to campaign actively for it.

  出自：City Limits

近反义词

【近义词】

• authorize 批准
• enable 使能够
• permit 许可证
• sanction 批准
• invest 投资
• vest 背心
• endow 捐助
• delegate 代表
• commission 佣金
• allow 允许
• warrant 委任状
• license 许可证
• entrust 信赖
• assign 分配
• inspire 鼓舞
• embolden 给 ... 壮胆
• encourage 鼓励
• galvanize 镀锌
• rouse 唤醒
• energize 使活跃
• entitle 取名为
• enfranchise 给与选举权
• arm 臂
• authorise 批准
• indue 授予
• gift 礼物
• endue 授与