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empower 音标拼音: [ɪmp'ɑʊɚ] vt. 授予权力,允许,使能够 授予权力,允许,使能够 empower v 1: give or delegate power or authority to; " She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" [ synonym: { empower}, { authorise}, { authorize}] 2: give qualities or abilities to [ synonym: { endow}, { indue}, { gift}, { empower}, { invest}, { endue}] Empower \ Em* pow" er\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Empowered}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Empowering}.] 1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize ( having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. " These eyes . . . empowered to gaze." -- Keble. [ 1913 Webster] 3. to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for independent action. [ PJC] 46 Moby Thesaurus words for " empower": accredit, arm, assign, authorize, certificate, certify, charge, charter, clothe, clothe with power, commission, commit, consign, delegate, depute, deputize, detach, detail, devolute, devolve, devolve upon, enable, endow, endue, enfranchise, entitle, entrust, franchise, give in charge, give official sanction, give power, invest, legalize, legitimize, license, mission, patent, post, privilege, ratify, sanction, send out, transfer, validate, vest, warrant
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