n.
- 力，力量，力氣；實力；效力[U]
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The medicine has lost its
strength.
這藥已經失效。
He hasn't got enough
strength to remove that stone.
他沒有足夠的力氣搬走那塊石頭。
- 強度；（酒等的）濃度[U][C]
- 長處[C]
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1,500-meter race is his
strength.
一千五百米賽跑是他的拿手項目。
- 人數；兵力[U]
片語
go from strength to strength
- 不斷壯大
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We are
going from strength to strength.
我們正在不斷壯大。
on the strength
- 在名冊上
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Are you
on the strength here?
你是這兒的成員嗎？
on the strength of
- 基於
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I did it
on the strength of his promise.
我是因為有了他的承諾才做這件事的。
辨析
/
strɛŋθ,
strɛŋkθ/
n.
- the quality or state of being strong.
- a good or beneficial quality or attribute.
▸literary a source of mental or emotional support.
- the number of people comprising a group.
▸a full complement of people:
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below strength.
Phrase
- go from strength to strength
progress with increasing success. - in strength
in large numbers. - on the strength of
on the basis or with the justification of. - the strength of
chiefly Austral./NZ the meaning of; the truth about. - tower
(or pillar)
of strength
a person who can be relied upon to support and comfort others.
Derivative
Etymology
OE strengthu, from the Gmc base of strong.
