strength
英 [streŋθ; streŋkθ]
美 [strɛŋθ]
CET4 TEM4 考 研 CET6
strength 力量，强度，勇气，意志，优势来自 strong,强壮的，有力的，-th,名词后缀。引申诸相关词义。
- strength
- strength: [OE] Strength is of course closely related to strong. It was formed in prehistoric Germanic (as *stranggithō) from the ancestor of modern English strong. The verb strengthen was coined from it in the 13th century.
=> string, strong - strength (n.)
- Old English strengþu, strengð "bodily power, force, vigor, firmness, fortitude, manhood, violence, moral resistance," from Proto-Germanic *strangitho (cognates: Old High German strengida "strength"), from PIE *strenk- "tight, narrow" (see string (n.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Compare length/long. From the same root as strong,
- 1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
- 当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时，你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。
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- 2. I didn't know Ron had that much strength of character.
- 我当时不知道罗恩有那么坚强的个性。
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- 3. Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.
- 撕裂的肌肉会收缩，丧失原来的力量、结构和紧实度。
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- 4. The drop was caused partly by the pound's strength against the dollar.
- 下降的部分原因在于英镑对美元的升值。
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- 5. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.
- 十年后，该公司已经逐渐壮大。
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