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

• Pension funds became the powerhouses of the global economy because they had the money.
  退休基金成为全球经济的动力源泉，因为它们拥有资金。
• 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。
• Winter sports powerhouses Germany, the United States and Austria finished top three in the gold medals table.
  冬季运动项目强者德国队，美国队和澳大利亚队金牌总数名列金牌榜的前三位。
• 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。
• In the automotive sector, Chinese companies controlled 27 per cent of the domestic market in 2006, compared with the mid-1990s, when they were competing with powerhouses such as GM or Volkswagen, and their share was close to zero.
  在汽车行业，中国企业占据了2006年国内市场27%的份额，而在上世纪90年代中期，在它们与通用汽车（gm）或大众（volkswagen）等巨擘竞争的时候，其市场份额接近于零。
• Some new regional powerhouses are already emerging.
  一些新的区域性高效银行已崭露头角。
• 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。
• Traditional grocery stores are reinventing product mixes and creating niches to keep up with the retail powerhouses.
  传统杂货店正重新组合，创造利基产品跟上零售气势。
• 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。