Empower
[ im'pauə ]
第5级
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vt. 授权;准许;使能够;使控制局势;
📝 例句
Congress is empowered to levy taxes.
国会被授权征税。
The new law empowered the police to search private houses.
新的法律使警察得以搜查私人住宅。
To grant authorization or sanction to(someone;authorize or empower.
授权给予（某人）授权或批准；授权或给予权力
🌱 联想助记
em + power 使有权力
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
en-在b、m、p前变为em-
表示“内”
📖 牛津释义
empower
v[Cn.t esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
(fml 文) give lawful power or authority (to sb) to act 授权（给某人）采取行动
The new laws empower the police to stop anybody in the street. 新法令授予警方可在街上截停任何人的权力.
The lawyer was empowered to pay all her bills. 已授权给律师偿付她的一切帐项.
🔁 扩展释义
*[im'pauә]vt. 授予权力, 允许, 使能够【法】 授权, 准许, 转委相关词组: empower sb to do sth
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Kiss the dice for good luck.
为了好手气亲一下色子吧。
The day has eyes, the night has ears.
日有眼，夜有耳。
But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.
但某地当局为打捞一只焙制馅饼的盘子提出索赔，倒是件新鲜的事儿。