strength

英[streŋθ;streŋkθ] 美[strɛŋθ]

复数: strengths;

strength 力量，强度，勇气，意志，优势

来自 strong,强壮的，有力的，-th,名词后缀。引申诸相关词义。

strength: strength: [OE] Strength is of course closely related to strong. It was formed in prehistoric Germanic (as *stranggithō) from the ancestor of modern English strong. The verb strengthen was coined from it in the 13th century.
=> string, strong
strength (n.): Old English strengþu, strengð "bodily power, force, vigor, firmness, fortitude, manhood, violence, moral resistance," from Proto-Germanic *strangitho (cognates: Old High German strengida "strength"), from PIE *strenk- "tight, narrow" (see string (n.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Compare length/long. From the same root as strong,

1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.: 当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时，你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。

2. I didn't know Ron had that much strength of character.: 我当时不知道罗恩有那么坚强的个性。

3. Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.: 撕裂的肌肉会收缩，丧失原来的力量、结构和紧实度。

4. The drop was caused partly by the pound's strength against the dollar.: 下降的部分原因在于英镑对美元的升值。

5. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.: 十年后，该公司已经逐渐壮大。