1. 1全能;無所不能

    Omnipotence is a noun for power that has no end: the power to do everything. People use it first about God. In many religions, God has omnipotence — no job is too big, and nobody can say no. That is the old, serious use, and it still lives in church, in religion class, and in books that talk about God. Though actually, the tidy line “able to do everything” hides a fight that has gone on for a very long time. If God can do everything, can God make a stone so heavy that God cannot lift it? People who love this word still argue about that. Outside church, writers stretch it. A newspaper may talk about the omnipotence of a leader, a court, or money. That is loose. It means the power feels huge, not that it is magic. No human has omnipotence. Younger speakers almost never say the word in the street; they say can do anything, or all-powerful. You will meet omnipotence when the writing wants to sound heavy. The adjective is omnipotent.

組成From Late Middle English omnipotens, from Old French omnipotence, from Latin omnipotentia: omni- “all” + potentia “power”.

同家族的字

  • omnipotentthe adjective; same Latin pieces
  • potentshares the Latin “power” piece
  • potencyshares the Latin “power” piece
  • omniscienceshares omni- “all”; that one is about knowing
  • omnipresenceshares omni- “all”; that one is about being everywhere

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。

omnipotencenoun/ɒmˈnɪpətəns/

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    Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.

    • One purpose of the Freedom of Information Act is to make our society less of a police state. Until the CIA's omnipotence is seriously challenged, however, the xeroxed papers in my hand have little meaning. For now, they remind me of nothing less than the simple fact that evil forces still control our society.

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