1650s, also impower, from assimilated form of en- (1) + power (n.). Used by Milton, Beaumont, Pope, Jefferson, Macaulay, but the modern popularity dates from 1986. Related: Empowered; empowering.
雙語例句
1. His position does not empower him to cite our views without consultation.
他的地位并沒有給予他不經許可就引用我們觀點的權力。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I want to empower the businessman.
我想給那個商人授權。
來自柯林斯例句
3. What I'm trying to do is to empower people, to give them ways to help them get well.
我現在努力做的就是幫助人們，引他們過上好日子。
來自柯林斯例句
4. We must institutionalize philanthropy, and to empower the general public.
但我們卻不太容易理解:人家那里有一個社會共同體的概念.
來自互聯網
5. The Voting Rights Act was needed to empower minority groups.