powerhouses

英 [ˈpaʊəhaʊsɪz]

美 [ˈpaʊərˌhaʊsɪz]

n.  强大的集团(或组织); 精力充沛的人; 身强力壮的人
powerhouse的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 权势集团；强国
  Apowerhouseis a country or organization that has a lot of power or influence.
  1. Nigeria is the most populous African country and an economic powerhouse for the continent.
     尼日利亚是非洲人口最稠密的国家，也是非洲大陆的经济强国。
• 精力充沛的人；充满活力的人
  If you say that someone is apowerhouse, you mean that they are very energetic.

双语例句

• For the world's economies to recover, these two economic powerhouses must co-operate, they said.
  世界各经济体要实现复苏，这两个经济大国必须合作。
• The UNCTAD also regarded China, together with the US, as the two powerhouses of the world economy.
  联合国贸发会议将中国和美国并称为世界经济两大火车头。
• These regional powerhouses have worked out how to earn princely sums in the world's poorest places.
  这些地区经济的火车头已经找到了在世界上最贫困的地方掘金的方法。
• The transition of both India and China from rural economies to service and manufacturing powerhouses has moved the locus of global growth.
  印中两国由农业经济体向服务业与制造业强国的转型，一直左右着全球增长的轨迹。
• Some of these research powerhouses are already making significant progress in therapeutic applications of biotechnology.
  其中一些强大的研究机构已经在生物技术的治疗应用方面取得了显著的进步。
• These graduates, formerly hand-picked students, are now global powerhouses.
  这些毕业生，过去也是被精挑细选到这所学校里来的，如今已经在世界上占有一席之地了。
• Research is now showing that five spices we've long savored just for their flavor are also nutritional powerhouses.
  现在，研究表明，我们一直为调味而使用的五种调味品也有着重要的营养功能。
• Japan and South Korea will join the medal charge from the east, and while the traditional powerhouses of Europe may not be as strong a they once were, Germany, France, Italy and the UK should still finish in the top 12.
  日本和韩国将成为东方奖牌大国。欧洲传统强国或许已不复往日的强盛，但德国、法国、意大利和英国应该仍会保留在前12名之列。
• The train will connect two of China's economic powerhouses with only one stop between them in Nanjing.
  此车次将连接中国经济的两个发电站，整个车程当中只有南京一个站。
• That could provide them with sufficient backing for their capital markets divisions, which can be revenue and profit powerhouses in good times.
  这可以为它们的资本市场业务提供充足的资金支持&这块业务在繁荣时期会成为重要的收入和利润来源。