A turbocharged engine or car has a turbocharger fitted — a small turbine that uses the hot exhaust gas rushing out of the engine to force more air back in. More air means more fuel can burn, and that means more power from an engine of the same size. So a small turbocharged engine can be as strong as a much bigger ordinary one, which is why nearly every new car sold now is turbocharged.

A turbocharged engine or car has a turbocharger fitted裝了渦輪增壓器的引擎或車叫做 turbocharged——a small turbine that uses the hot exhaust gas rushing out of the engine渦輪增壓器是個利用引擎排出的高溫廢氣的小渦輪，to force more air back in把更多空氣強行送回引擎裡。More air means more fuel can burn空氣多，就能燃燒更多燃料，and that means more power from an engine of the same size也就代表同樣大小的引擎能有更大的馬力。So a small turbocharged engine can be as strong as a much bigger ordinary one所以一個小的渦輪增壓引擎可以跟大很多的一般引擎一樣強，which is why nearly every new car sold now is turbocharged這也是為什麼現在賣的新車幾乎都是渦輪增壓的。

This is the plain technical adjective, used in car reviews, sales talk, and by mechanics.

This is the plain technical adjective這是純技術性的形容詞用法，used in car reviews, sales talk, and by mechanics用在車評、銷售話術和技師的用語裡。

It also has a second, figurative life, and that one is common in newspapers and business writing: if something is turbocharged, it has been given a sudden big boost. 'A turbocharged economy', 'turbocharged growth', 'the new law turbocharged demand for solar panels'.

It also has a second, figurative life它還有第二個比喻用法，and that one is common in newspapers and business writing這個用法常見於報紙和商業寫作：if something is turbocharged, it has been given a sudden big boost.如果說某件事被 turbocharged，意思是它突然被大大加速了。'A turbocharged economy''a turbocharged economy'（火力全開的經濟）、'turbocharged growth''turbocharged growth'（暴衝式的成長）、'the new law turbocharged demand for solar panels''the new law turbocharged demand for solar panels'（新法讓太陽能板的需求暴增）。

That use is lively and a bit journalistic — fine in an article, slightly much in a careful report.

That use is lively and a bit journalistic這個用法很生動，帶點新聞腔——fine in an article, slightly much in a careful report用在文章裡沒問題，用在嚴謹的報告裡就有點誇張。

As a verb, 'to turbocharge something' works the same way, literally for engines and figuratively for anything you want to say was made dramatically faster or stronger.

As a verb當動詞用的時候，'to turbocharge something' works the same way'to turbocharge something' 也是一樣的道理，literally for engines用在引擎上是字面意思，and figuratively for anything you want to say was made dramatically faster or stronger用在其他東西上則是比喻，形容什麼被弄得大幅變快或變強。