(pl. -ies)
- a person, especially a diplomat, invested with the full power of independent action on behalf of their government, typically in a foreign country全权代表（尤指全权外交人员）。
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- having full power to take independent action全权的：
postpositive a minister plenipotentiary.全权公使。
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- (of power) absolute（权力）绝对的。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin plenipotentiarius, from plenus 'full' + potentia 'power'.