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power CONTROLHpaJE5, $paJLn [U]ability to control people and events影响力，势力I've got no power over advertising matters, so you'll have to talk to the publicity department.我对广告事务无能为力，你应该跟宣传部门谈。The unions want more worker power in the company.工会希望增加公司中的工人权力。Once nicotine has you in its power (= has control over you), it's very difficult to stop smoking.一旦尼古丁对你起了作用，戒烟就很难了。I've no power over him -- he takes no notice of anything I say.我管不了他----他根本不理我说的话。I don't know why she likes him so much -- he just seems to have a mysterious power over her.我不知道她为什么这么爱他----他好像对她有一种魔力。Often power is the amount of political control a person or group has in a country.权力Does the President have more power than the Prime Minister?总统是否比总理权力更大?How long has the Conservative Party been in power?保守党当政多久了?The Liberal Party is expected to be returned to power in the forthcoming election.在即将进行的大选中自由党有望重新上台。The army seized power after five days of anti-government demonstrations.在反政府示威五天后，军方夺取了政权。When one politician falls from (= loses) power, another comes to (= gains) power in their place.一个政客下台，另一个就会上台取而代之。A power base is an area of a country or a group of people on which someone's power depends.权力基础The industrial cities are the Labour Party's traditional power base.工业城市是工党传统的权力基础。(infml) A power breakfast or power lunch is an important business meeting that happens during the meal.在饭桌上进行的商务会议He seems to spend more of his time at power lunches than in the office.看来他在饭桌会议上花的时间比在办公室里还要多。A power broker is someone who has a big influence on decisions about who should possess political power.权力经纪人There is considerable disagreement among the party's power brokers about who should become the next leader of the party.就谁应成为下任党领导，党内权力经纪人的分歧很大。Power dressing is a style of dressing in which business people wear formal clothes to make them seem powerful.商人们为使自己显得更强有力而穿的正式服装Power politics is the threat or use of military force to end an international disagreement.强权政治Woodrow Wilson hoped the League of Nations would replace power politics with international cooperation.伍德鲁·威尔逊希望国联能以国际合作取代强权政治。A power structure is a way that power is organized or shared in an organization or society.权力结构The president has promised a new constitution and the creation of democratic power structures.总统保证颁布新的宪法并创建民主的政治结构。A power struggle is a fierce, unpleasant or violent competition for power.权力斗争The power struggle led to the resignation of two of the company's directors.权力斗争导致了公司两个董事的辞职。A power vacuum is a condition that exists when someone has lost control of something and no one has replaced them.权力真空She was quick to fill the power vacuum that was left by the sudden death of the managing director.她很快就填补了总经理猝死后留下的权力真空。"Power to the people" (phrase used by the political party The Black Panthers, also used as the title of a John Lennon song, 1968)《权利属于人民》 (黑豹党用语，亦是约翰·列侬的一首歌名)
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