释义 |
acountry,organization, orpersonwith a lot ofinfluence,power, orenergy: 强国;权势集团;显贵;身强体壮的人;精力充沛的人Germany is aneconomicpowerhouse.德国是经济强国。 Theuniversityis nolongertheacademicpowerhouse that itoncewas.这所大学今非昔比,已不再是学术巨人了。 She's a powerhouseoforiginalideasandsolutions.她总有许多独到的见解和具有创意的点子。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesPeople in charge of or controlling other people - acephalous
- administrator
- anti-management
- authority
- bureaucrat
- conservator
- controller
- council
- counter-power
- dean
- lord
- management
- manipulator
- mistress
- too many chiefs and not enough Indiansidiom
- top dog
- troika
- tsar
- vice president
- yourlord and masteridiom
See more results » (Definition ofpowerhousefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)powerhouse| American Dictionaryaperson,organization, orcountrywith a lot ofenergy,power, orinfluence: Thecountryis theeconomicpowerhouse of theEuropeanUnion. (Definition ofpowerhousefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)powerhouse| Business Englishacountryor anorganizationthat has a lot ofinfluence,power, orenergy: corporate/economic/financial powerhousesAnalysts stillbelievethatChinaandIndiawillbecometheeconomicpowerhouses of theworld. amarketing/media/publishingpowerhouse apersonwho has a lot ofstrengthandenergy: He was a powerhouse ofideas. (Definition ofpowerhousefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofpowerhousepowerhouse Several small structures, described as treatment buildings, are situated to the east, and downslope, of thepowerhouse.From theCambridge English Corpus The other emission sources were assumed to produce the same emissions as thepowerhousegenerator (discharged at about 6 m above ground level).From theCambridge English Corpus This includes cost for civil works (dam, roads, buildings and communication for the project), electrical works (powerhouseand transmission), and establishment costs.From theCambridge English Corpus A thrillingpowerhouseof a scherzo, this self-contained, self-generating piledriver of a piece is addictive and riveting - in every sense.From theCambridge English Corpus The mathematical simulations of the various elements of the system provide data relating to tunnel length, dam volume,powerhousedepth, and energy output.From theCambridge English Corpus Our bodies fumble or dance their way through life as powerhouses of making and meaning.From theCambridge English Corpus He was just getting started, was a fountain of ideas, apowerhouseof energy, and had unsurpassed technique and mastery of experimental science.From theCambridge English Corpus It was also a cultural and socialpowerhouse, and it had the capacity to generate wealth unlike anything that had been seen before.From theCambridge English Corpus Three 10,000 l fuel tanks are located on the northern side of thepowerhouse.From theCambridge English Corpus The quantity of soil contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons in the vicinity of thepowerhouse, however, was estimated to be between 200 and 600 tonnes.From theCambridge English Corpus Emission sources on station are thepowerhousegenerators, boilers, heaters, and vehicles.From theCambridge English Corpus First, the region is an economicpowerhouse.From theCambridge English Corpus Variable parameters within the model are therefore: site, mode of operation, dam type, dam height, material type, period of generation, pressure tunnel length, andpowerhousedepth.From theCambridge English Corpus They were now able to create financial powerhouses that could rival, or more likely surpass, the influence of the old banqueros, who had operated within a specialised banking system.From theCambridge English Corpus London was an industrialpowerhouse.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/powerhouse## |