energy
n
1 [U] ability to act or work with strength and eagerness 精力; 干勁
She's full of energy. 她精力充沛.
His work seemed to lack energy. 他工作似乎缺乏干勁.
It's a waste of time and energy. 那簡直是浪費時間和精力.
2 energies [pl]
person's powers available for working or other activities 精力; 活力
I must concentrate my energies on decorating today. 我今天必須集中精力搞裝飾.
apply/devote all one's energies to a task 全力以赴.
3 [U] (physics 物) ability of matter or radiation to do work because of its motion or its mass or its electric charge, etc 能; 能量: nuclear energy 核能
electrical energy 電能 * kinetic energy 動能.
4 [U] fuel and other resources used for operating machinery, etc 能源
It is important to conserve energy. 節省能源十分重要.
[attrib 作定語]
an energy crisis, eg when sources of energy are scarce or unavailable 能源危機.