1. 权力；权势；操纵力
    If someone has power, they have a lot of control over people and activities.

    e.g. She interviewed six women who have reached positions of great power and influence...
           她采访了6名身居高位，并且颇具影响力的女士。
    e.g. In a democracy, power must be divided.
           在民主政体中，权力必须分制。

2. 能力；才能
    Your power to do something is your ability to do it.

    e.g. Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them...
           人类社会有能力解决面临的问题。
    e.g. Fathers have the power to dominate children and young people...
           父辈们有能力支配孩子们和年轻人的生活。

3. 在…能力范围之内
    If it is in or within your power to do something, you are able to do it or you have the resources to deal with it.

    e.g. Your debt situation is only temporary, and it is within your power to resolve it...
           你的债务情况只是暂时的，你有能力解决好。
    e.g. Although it is not in his power to do so, he said he would rebuild the Air Base...
           虽然这超出了他的能力范围，他还是说他会重建空军基地。

4. （法律赋予当权者的）权力，权限，职权
    If someone in authority has the power to do something, they have the legal right to do it.

    e.g. The Prime Minister has the power to dismiss and appoint senior ministers...
           首相有权任免高级部长。
    e.g. The police have the power of arrest...
           警方有权拘捕。

5. 政权；统治权
    If people take power or come to power, they take charge of a country's affairs. If a group of people are in power, they are in charge of a country's affairs.

    e.g. In 1964 Labour came into power...
           工党于1964年上台。
    e.g. He first assumed power in 1970...
           他于1970年首次执政。

6. 强国；大国
    You can use power to refer to a country that is very rich or important, or has strong military forces.

    e.g. In Western eyes, Iraq is a major power in an area of great strategic importance.
           在西方人眼里，伊拉克是位于具有重要战略意义的地区的一个重要强国。
    e.g. ...the emergence of the new major economic power, Japan.
           新兴重要经济强国日本的崛起

7. 动力；功率力
    The power of something is the ability that it has to move or affect things.

    e.g. The Roadrunner had better power, better tyres, and better brakes.
           “路行者”汽车的性能、轮胎和刹车都更好。
    e.g. ...massive computing power.
           强大的计算能力

8. 能源；能量；（尤指）电力
    Power is energy, especially electricity, that is obtained in large quantities from a fuel source and used to operate lights, heating, and machinery.

    e.g. Nuclear power is cleaner than coal...
           核能比煤清洁。
    e.g. Power has been restored to most parts that were hit last night by high winds...
           大部分昨晚遭大风袭击的地区已恢复供电。

9. 给…提供能量；驱动（机器）
    The device or fuel that powers a machine provides the energy that the machine needs in order to work.

    e.g. The 'flywheel' battery, it is said, could power an electric car for 600 miles on a single charge...
           据说“飞轮”电池充电一次就能驱动电动汽车行驶600英里。
    e.g. The planes are powered by Rolls Royce engines.
           这些飞机由劳斯莱斯公司制造的发动机提供动力。

10. 电动的
      Power tools are operated by electricity.

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      e.g. ...large power tools, such as chainsaws.
             大型电动工具，如链锯
      e.g. ...a power drill.
             电钻

11. （数学中的）幂，乘方
      In mathematics, power is used in expressions such as 2 to the power of 4 or 2 to the 4th power to indicate that 2 must be multiplied by itself 4 times. This is written in numbers as 24, or 2 x 2 x 2 x 2, which equals 16.

      e.g. Any number to the power of nought is equal to one.
             任何数的0次方等于1。

12. 当权者，当局（尤指对其不赞同或不能理解其言行）
      You can refer to people in authority as the powers that be, especially when you want to say that you disagree with them or do not understand what they say or do.

      e.g. The powers that be, in this case the independent Television Association, banned the advertisement altogether...
             掌权的，在这件事中即独立的电视协会，干脆禁播了那则电视广告。
      e.g. The powers that be may keep us from building a house just where we want to.
             当局可能会阻止我们随意建房屋。

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