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单词 puissance
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puissance
noun
uk
/ˈpwiː.sɑ̃s//ˈpjuː.ɪ.səns/us
/ˈpwiː.sɑ̃s//ˈpjuː.ɪ.səns/

puissancenoun(HORSE EVENT)

[UorS](alsoPuissance)
acompetitionin thesportofshowjumpingthattestshow highhorsescanjumpoverspecialfencesorwalls:
（马的）越障能力赛
DavidMcPherson on Sheerwater BagherawonthePuissance, the only one of threefinaliststocleara 6ft 9inwall.骑“谢尔沃特 · 巴格拉”的大卫 · 麦克弗森在越障能力比赛中获胜，他是三名决赛选手中唯一成功越过6英尺9英寸障碍墙的选手。
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  • They areduetocompetein April's British Open Show Jumping Championship, whichfeaturesinternationalshowjumpingclasses,includingthe Puissance, whereridersfacethefamouswall- often 7ft high.
  • Morrissey and Scaraberasfinishedthird this pastsummerat a Puissance in Dublin indrivingrain.
  • Thesuccessof the TV show hasrevivedinterestin thesport, and puissance is the hardcoreeventofshowjumping-asortofequestrianfundamentalism.
  • Thirdplacewent to Norway's Geir Gulliksen on the puissancespecialistAlex, whostoppedonceat thewallbeforeclearingit at the secondattempt.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Horse riding
  • bridle
  • canter
  • cinch
  • curry
  • endurance rider
  • endurance riding
  • equestrianism
  • eventer
  • gait
  • girth
  • high-spirited
  • jib
  • jodhpurs
  • mounted
  • rein
  • saddle-sore
  • sidesaddle
  • silk
  • snaffle
  • toreador
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puissancenoun(POWER)

[U]old use
greatstrength,power, orinfluence:
权力，势力；力量，影响
a King of highdegree, alordofpowerand puissance一位崇高的国王，权力与力量的领主
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  • How may Iservethevaliantandnoblelordwhose puissancecausesVidessos totremble?
  • Heplaysa cruel-mouthedpolitician,nastilywitty, and for all hisapparentsmoothsang-froid,inwardlyimpassionedwith the puissance of hisposition.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Power to control
  • ascendancy
  • authoritarianism
  • be abovesomeone'spay gradeidiom
  • big beast
  • buysomethingin
  • cradle
  • hegemonic
  • hegemonism
  • hegemony
  • influence
  • ingrain
  • lever
  • leverage
  • power vacuum
  • predominance
  • pull
  • redetermination
  • responsibility
  • sway
  • tooth
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(Definition ofpuissancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpuissance

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After all, it seems inadequate to locate all the sources of ourpuissancein infancy, as if layers of consciousness acquired since then didn't count.
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I chide my children every day to teach them the magicpuissanceand power of the word "sorry".
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I believe he described it as that final fence in thepuissancewhich people will have to jump.
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His gaze has unepuissance(a power), which he tries not to use, since it has brought him nothing but misery in the past.
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The first round consists of four to six large single obstacles including thepuissancewall, the starting height of which may vary from 1.70to1.80m ftin in height.
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