be in/within somebody's power (to do something)

CANif it is in someone’s power to do something, they have the authority or ability to do it 某人有权[能力]（做某事）

I wish it was within my power to change the decision.

但愿我有权力改变这个决定。

do everything/all in your power

The ambassador promised to do everything in his power to get the hostages released.

大使承诺尽其所能让人质获释。

Examples from the Corpus

do everything/all in your power• I shall do everything in my power to help these poor creatures.• This might increase the temptation on the police to do all in their power to discourage complaints. 7.• Meanwhile the Cheetahs promise to do all in their power to ensure that Friday night's events are not repeated.• The Parish Council want to do everything in their power to prevent a serious accident.• Analysts say Milosevic is loathe to lose Belgrade and will do everything in his power to retain control of it.• And we will do everything in our power to help that customer get through her difficult financial times.

→ be in/within somebody’s power (to do something) at power1(3)

单词	be in/within somebody's power (to do something)
释义	be in/within somebody's power (to do something) be in/within somebody's power (to do something) CANif it is in someone’s power to do something, they have the authority or ability to do it 某人有权[能力]（做某事） I wish it was within my power to change the decision. 但愿我有权力改变这个决定。 do everything/all in your power The ambassador promised to do everything in his power to get the hostages released. 大使承诺尽其所能让人质获释。 Examples from the Corpus do everything/all in your power• I shall do everything in my power to help these poor creatures.• This might increase the temptation on the police to do all in their power to discourage complaints. 7.• Meanwhile the Cheetahs promise to do all in their power to ensure that Friday night's events are not repeated.• The Parish Council want to do everything in their power to prevent a serious accident.• Analysts say Milosevic is loathe to lose Belgrade and will do everything in his power to retain control of it.• And we will do everything in our power to help that customer get through her difficult financial times. → be in/within somebody’s power (to do something) at power1(3)
随便看	block-party block party blockparty block path blocks block sb block sb escape block sb exit block sb in block sb path block sb view block sb way block somebody in block somebody's block somebody's escape block somebody's exit block somebody/something ↔ in block somebody's path block somebody's view block somebody's way block somebody's way/path/exit/escape etc block something in block sth in block sth off block sth out