adj. 強大的;權力大的;(藥)有效地;
adv. 很;非常;
?? power力量+ful表形容詞,“有…的” →有力的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大領主的罪過是以權勢欺壓村民.
近義:lordly, masterful, mighty, authoritative, potent, puissant
反義:impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
n. 勸說,說服(力);信仰;
?? persua=persuade說服+sion 名詞后綴→ 說服(力)
"It didn't take much persuasion to get her to tell us where he was."
我們沒費什么口舌就讓她說出了他的下落。
近義:luring, assurance, persuasiveness, seduction, seductiveness, suasion
反義:determent, deterrence, discouragement
n. 器具,工具;(有助于做工或完成某事的)用具;受人利用的人;壓印機;
vt. 用工具給…加工;壓印;駕車到處跑;
vi. 使用工具;開車,乘車;
?? 一根棍子(l)有時也(too)是 工具
"a handy little tool"
好用的小工具
近義:hew, work, malleate, carve, fabricate, fashion