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force INFLUENCEHfC:s, $fC:rsn(a person or thing with a lot of) influence and energy影响，支配力，感染力，活力Everyone who worked with her was struck by the sheer force of her personality. [U]每个与她一起工作的人都被她十足的个性力量所感染。He was a powerful force in British politics during the war years. [C]在战争年代，他是英国政界有强大支配力的人物。A united Europe, he said, would be a great force in world affairs. [C]他说，一个统一的欧洲将在世界事务上有极大的影响力。If an organization or a person is described as a force to be reckoned with it means that they are powerful and have a lot of influence.势力，威力，有影响的人(或事物)The United Nations is now a force to be reckoned with.联合国如今具有举世公认的影响。Poverty and ignorance, the bishop said, were the forces of evil in our society today.这位主教说贫穷和无知是当今社会罪恶力量所在。I always check that I've got money with me when I leave home--just from force of habit really (=it is something that I do because I've always done it).我离家出门时总是要看看自己是不是带了钱----完全是出于一种习惯的影响。(literary) Fishermen are always at the mercy of the forces of nature (=bad weather conditions).渔民们总是任凭大自然的威力的摆布。
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