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empower vt.授权；使能够 (1) 律师已被授权偿付她的一切帐单。(2) 新法令授予警察可以在街上截停任何人的权利。(3) 新的法律使警察得以搜查私人住宅。(4) 现代科学技术使人类能更有效地制服自然。 Empower might seem like a new word, but it's been around since the 17th century. Today, empower often refers to helping someone realize their abilities and potential, perhaps for the first time. For example, in the 1960s, when women felt like second-class citizens, the women's movement empowered them to stand up and demand their equal rights.

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英 [ɪm'paʊə(r)] 美 [ɪm'paʊər] (1) The lawyer was empowered to pay all her bills.(2) The new laws empower the police to stop anybody in the street.(3) The new laws empower the police to search private house.(4) Modern science and technology empower human beings to control natural forces more effectively. Empower means "give power or authority to." When you educate children and believe in them, you empower those kids to go after their dreams. 1[VERB 动词]授权；给予…权力 If someone is empowered to do something, they have the authority or power to do it.   [be V-ed to-inf]  [V n to-inf]  [Also V n]  [FORMAL 正式]The army is now empowered to operate on a shoot-to-kill basis...军队得到授权，在行动中可以开枪射杀。His position does not empower him to cite our views without consultation.他的地位并没有给予他不经许可就引用我们观点的权力。2[VERB 动词]给予…力量；使有能力(实现…) To empower someone means to give them the means to achieve something, for example to become stronger or more successful.   [V n]Empowering the underprivileged lies in assuring them that education holds the real source of power...帮助贫困人民就要让他们相信教育是真正的力量源泉。What I'm trying to do is to empower people, to give them ways to help them get well.我现在努力做的就是帮助人们，引他们过上好日子。

英语单词	empower
英美音标	英 [ɪm'paʊə(r)] 美 [ɪm'paʊər]
中文释义	vt.授权；使能够
英语例句	(1) The lawyer was empowered to pay all her bills. (2) The new laws empower the police to stop anybody in the street. (3) The new laws empower the police to search private house. (4) Modern science and technology empower human beings to control natural forces more effectively.
中文例句	(1) 律师已被授权偿付她的一切帐单。 (2) 新法令授予警察可以在街上截停任何人的权利。 (3) 新的法律使警察得以搜查私人住宅。 (4) 现代科学技术使人类能更有效地制服自然。
vocabulary简明	Empower means "give power or authority to." When you educate children and believe in them, you empower those kids to go after their dreams.
vocabulary扩展	Empower might seem like a new word, but it's been around since the 17th century. Today, empower often refers to helping someone realize their abilities and potential, perhaps for the first time. For example, in the 1960s, when women felt like second-class citizens, the women's movement empowered them to stand up and demand their equal rights.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]授权；给予…权力 If someone is empowered to do something, they have the authority or power to do it. [be V-ed to-inf] [V n to-inf] [Also V n] [FORMAL 正式] The army is now empowered to operate on a shoot-to-kill basis... 军队得到授权，在行动中可以开枪射杀。 His position does not empower him to cite our views without consultation. 他的地位并没有给予他不经许可就引用我们观点的权力。 2 [VERB 动词]给予…力量；使有能力(实现…) To empower someone means to give them the means to achieve something, for example to become stronger or more successful. [V n] Empowering the underprivileged lies in assuring them that education holds the real source of power... 帮助贫困人民就要让他们相信教育是真正的力量源泉。 What I'm trying to do is to empower people, to give them ways to help them get well. 我现在努力做的就是帮助人们，引他们过上好日子。

Empower Empowered Means Laws Police Power Authority Verb