名 power，strength，[物]force，energy；副 （尽力； 竭力） energetically，strenuously，vigorously；动 （努力； 尽力） do all one can，make every effort ；

[例句] 肖恩·麦卡利斯特也为校篮球队效过力。 Shaun McCalister also played for the varsity basketball team.

[例句] 他是个出色的运动员，弹跳力非常好。 He is a terrific athlete and a brilliant jumper.

pressure，compressive stress，tension，[电影]Pressure；

[例句] 日新月异的世界使这家公司感到了压力。 A changing world has put pressures on the company.

[例句] 按摩可以使肌肉放松，缓解压力和促进血液循环。 Massage is used to relax muscles, relieve stress and improve the circulation.

intelligence，mentality，habitus，intellect，brains ；

[例句] 他喜欢与那些智力水平不如他的人共处。 He preferred the company of those who were intellectually inferior to himself.

[例句] 当然，识字和智力是两码事。 Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence.

[力] gravity，force of gravity，gravity force，power of gravity，gravitation ；

[例句] 任何有较强重力的物体都会对其他物体产生引力。 Anything with strong gravity attracts other things to it.

[例句] 重返大气层的航天器受到重力的作用。 Spacecraft which are re-entering the earth's atmosphere are affected by g forces.

[物] tension，tensile force，pulling force，stretching force，strain ；

[例句] 所有很棒的歌曲都透着某种悲伤和张力。 All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension.

[例句] 这种张力使信仰这种独特的超越成为一种人的植根于现实的终极关怀. This tension makes such unique transcendency the ultimate concern rooted in reality.

visatergo，soot，propulsive force，thrust ；

[例句] 它提供了飞机前进所需的推力。 It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.

[例句] 火箭推力的方向是由电脑控制的. The direction of the thrust of the rockets is controlled by computer.

power，authority，influence，might，potence ；

[例句] 很多领导人都变得贪恋权力和金钱。 Many of the leaders have become hooked on power and money.

[例句] 久居此地的居民和根基稳固的家族牢牢掌控着权力。 The old-timers and established families clutched the reins of power.

[物] gravitation，gravitational force，attraction，attractive force ；

[例句] 任何有较强重力的物体都会对其他物体产生引力。 Anything with strong gravity attracts other things to it.

[例句] 我们知道不断增加的引力会加速细胞的分裂。 Increasing gravity is known to speed up the multiplication of cells.

[流] buoyancy，buoyant force，buoyance，floatage，flotage ；

[例句] 可以给潜水衣充气以增大浮力。 Air can be pumped into the diving suit to increase buoyancy.

[例句] 船一定要用有浮力的材料来做. A boat must be made of buoyant material.

obstruction，resistance，drag，drag force ；

[例句] 飞机设计成流线型以减小风的阻力. The aircraft is streamlined to cut down wind resistance.

[例句] 飞机须克服空气的阻力. An aircraft has to overcome the resistance of the air.

ability，capacity，capability；

[例句] 公众从来不相信他有能力胜任这一职位。 The public never had faith in his ability to handle the job.

[例句] 父辈们有能力支配孩子们和年轻人的生活。 Fathers have the power to dominate children and young people.

vision，sight，visus，seeing，eye ；

[例句] 他右眼视力有损伤。 He has a visual impairment in the right eye.

[例句] 英国有170万失明和视力受损人口。 There are 1.7 million blind and visually impaired people in Britain.

labour force，work force，capacity for physical labour，labour ；

[例句] 从战场返乡的士兵挤爆了劳动力市场。 Soldiers returning from the war had glutted the job market.

[例句] 每年有100万年轻人进入劳动力市场。 A million young people enter the labour market each year.

elevating force，lift force，buoyancy，lift ；

[例句] 一九一一年五月,发现“蜉蝣号”飞艇的升力不足. In May 1911 the Mayfly was found to lack sufficient lift to get airborne.

[例句] 桥面横断面可能由于过量的升力而发生扭转. The cross section of a bridge deck may twist as a result of excessive life.

motive power，power，motive force，driving force，drive ；

[例句] 通用柴油动力火车头将车厢转轨到了4号月台。 The GM diesel engine shunted the coaches to Platform 4.

[例句] 19世纪船舶设计和船舶动力领域发生了重大的变革。 The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.

effort，energy，physical strength，pep，strength ；

[例句] 我们搬动家具大费气力,累得大汗淋漓. We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture.

[例句] 和他辩论是白费气力. To argue with him is like beating the air.

pulling，pulling force，thrust，traction，pull ；

[例句] 突然的拉力使得整只船剧烈颤动。 The whole ship shuddered and trembled at the sudden strain.

[例句] 已经勘测到圣安德烈亚斯断层的其中一处所承受的拉力在增强。 A build-up of strain on a section of the San Andreas Fault has been detected.

manpower，manual labour，labour power，the arm of flesh ；

[例句] 医生们尽了人力所及的最大努力。 The doctors did all that was humanly possible .

[例句] 在许多行业中，机器已经替代了人力。 Machines have replaced human labour in many industries.

[军]firepower，fire，thermal power，heat power，spirit ；

[例句] 用煤作燃料的火力发电站的成本有望降低。 The cost of electricity from coal-fired stations is expected to fall.

[例句] 然而他的证词只是新一轮唇枪舌剑中的一股火力。 His testimony, however, was only one in a salvo of new attacks.

[电] power，electric power ；

[例句] 新英格兰电力公司用煤发电。 The company, New England Electric, burns coal to generate power.

[例句] 飞机由于发生电力故障而作了临时降落。 The aircraft made an unscheduled landing after developing an electrical fault.