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Firepower is how much damage or force weapons, an army, or a team can produce. It started as a military word for guns and bombs, but people now use it loosely too — a sports team with a lot of firepower can score a lot of points.
火力
組成A simple compound: 'fire' + 'power'.
同家族的字
- horsepowerbuilt the same way — a word plus 'power', describing how much strength something has
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
firepowernoun
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The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
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The ability to deliver fire.
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The ability and resources to dominate.
- He'd have to be on every one of his toes, because Larry Cohen, the insurance company's lawyer, would protect the doctor with every bit of legal firepower at his disposal.
- United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。