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.
权威例句
1. His position does not empower him to cite our views without consultation.
他的地位并没有给予他不经许可就引用我们观点的权力。
2. I want to empower the businessman.
我想给那个商人授权。
3. What I'm trying to do is to empower people, to give them ways to help them get well.
我现在努力做的就是帮助人们,引他们过上好日子。
4. We must institutionalize philanthropy, and to empower the general public.
但我们却不太容易理解:人家那里有一个社会共同体的概念.
5. The Voting Rights Act was needed to empower minority groups.