strength

英 [stre?θ; stre?kθ] 美[str??θ]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?strengths;

strength 力量，強(qiáng)度，勇氣，意志，優(yōu)勢

來自 strong,強(qiáng)壯的，有力的，-th,名詞后綴。引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

strength: strength: [OE] Strength is of course closely related to strong. It was formed in prehistoric Germanic (as *stranggithō) from the ancestor of modern English strong. The verb strengthen was coined from it in the 13th century.
=> string, strong
strength (n.): Old English strengtu, strenge "bodily power, force, vigor, firmness, fortitude, manhood, violence, moral resistance," from Proto-Germanic *strangitho (cognates: Old High German strengida "strength"), from PIE *strenk- "tight, narrow" (see string (n.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Compare length/long. From the same root as strong,

1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.: 當(dāng)你從內(nèi)心深處找到一種可以忍受一切痛苦的堅(jiān)強(qiáng)力量時(shí)，你的成長歷程就會出現(xiàn)飛躍。

2. I didn't know Ron had that much strength of character.: 我當(dāng)時(shí)不知道羅恩有那么堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的個(gè)性。

3. Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.: 撕裂的肌肉會收縮，喪失原來的力量、結(jié)構(gòu)和緊實(shí)度。

4. The drop was caused partly by the pound's strength against the dollar.: 下降的部分原因在于英鎊對美元的升值。

5. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.: 十年后，該公司已經(jīng)逐漸壯大。