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

• Meanwhile, traditional videogame powerhouses like Electronic Arts and Nintendo have seen revenues stagnate and fall.
  与此同时，美国艺电（ElectronicArts）和日本任天堂等传统的视频游戏开发商的营收，则处于停滞和下滑窘境。
• 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 UK and France are the two powerhouses of business education in Europe.
  英国和法国成为欧洲商学院教育的两大来源。
• Delegates from major emerging industrial powerhouses, such as China, India, Brazil and South Korea are also attending.
  来自正在崛起的工业化大国中国、印度、巴西和韩国等也参加了这次会议。
• The photo symbolizes the burgeoning friendship between China and Japan, two powerhouses in the region.
  这张照片象征中日萌芽中的友谊。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。