empowered
empowered — adjective
- empoweredpositive
- more empoweredcomparative
- most empoweredsuperlative
1. feeling sure of yourself and able to make your own choices and shape what happen
feeling sure of yourself and able to make your own choices and shape what happens in your life
After finishing the night class, Nora felt empowered to start her own bakery.
feel empowered to do something
The workshop left the young farmers empowered, eager to try new ideas on their land.
Learning to drive made Élise feel more empowered and free than ever before.
Volunteers said the training left them confident and empowered to speak in public.
Reading about other survivors helped Maja feel empowered rather than ashamed.
- confident
broader; 'empowered' adds a sense of having control over one's own life
- self-assured
stresses calm certainty rather than the new freedom 'empowered' implies
- emboldened
more about sudden courage to act, less about lasting control
文法句型
feel empowered to do something
用法筆記
Frequently follows 'feel' or 'leave someone' and is often completed by 'to do something'. Describes an inner sense of control, not a granted right — distinguish from sense 2.
常見錯誤
2. officially allowed by a rule, law, or person in charge to do a particular thing
officially allowed by a rule, law, or person in charge to do a particular thing
The new law leaves local councils empowered to fine drivers who block bus lanes.
empowered to do something (official authority)
As manager, Darius was empowered to approve refunds under five hundred dollars.
be empowered to do something
The committee is empowered by the school board to review every spending request.
Border officers are empowered to search any vehicle entering the country.
Under the contract, Rohan was empowered to sign deals for the whole firm.
- authorized
near-synonym; slightly more about formal permission than granted power
- entitled
stresses a right one can claim, not the power to act on others
- forbidden
officially not allowed to do something
文法句型
empowered to do something
empowered by [law/body]
用法筆記
Almost always predicative and followed by 'to do something' or 'by [a body/law]'. Subject is usually an official, body, or role rather than an ordinary person — this is granted authority, unlike the inner-confidence sense 1.