empower

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈpaʊ.ə/|/ɛmˈpaʊ.ə/    美 /ɪmˈpaʊ.əɹ/|/ɛmˈpaʊ.əɹ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something. transitive
    — Regulations have been made under the Civil Aviation Acts of 1949, 1980 and 1982 which empower Inspectors of Accidents to do these things.
  2. To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation. transitive
    — John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.

词形变化

empowers present,singular,third-person empowering participle,present empowered participle,past empowered past empowre alternative impower alternative impowre alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
empowered empoweree empowerer empowering empowerment misempower

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Old French en-bor.
Middle English en-
English em
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Italic *potis
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt
Proto-Italic *som
Proto-Italic *possom
Latin posseder.
Vulgar Latin potēre
Old French pooir
Anglo-Norman poerbor.
Middle English power
English power
English empower
From em + power.
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