empowered
empowered — 形容詞
- empoweredpositive
- more empoweredcomparative
- most empoweredsuperlative
1. feeling sure of yourself and able to make your own choices and shape what happen
有自信的
對自己人生有掌控感且充滿信心的
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.
上完夜間課程後，Nora 覺得自己有能力去開一家自己的麵包店。
feel empowered to do something
The workshop left the young farmers empowered, eager to try new ideas on their land.
那場工作坊讓這些年輕農夫感到充滿自信，迫不及待想在自家田地嘗試新點子。
Learning to drive made Élise feel more empowered and free than ever before.
學會開車讓 Élise 覺得比以往更有自信、更自由。
Volunteers said the training left them confident and empowered to speak in public.
志工說，這次訓練讓他們有自信、也有能力公開發言。
Reading about other survivors helped Maja feel empowered rather than ashamed.
讀到其他倖存者的故事，讓 Maja 感到更有力量，而不是羞愧。
- 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
獲授權的
經法律或上級正式授權做某事的
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.
新法律授權地方議會，可對佔用公車道的駕駛開罰。
empowered to do something (official authority)
As manager, Darius was empowered to approve refunds under five hundred dollars.
身為經理，Darius 獲授權核准五百美元以下的退款。
be empowered to do something
The committee is empowered by the school board to review every spending request.
這個委員會獲校董會授權，可審查每一筆支出申請。
Border officers are empowered to search any vehicle entering the country.
邊境人員獲授權可搜查任何進入該國的車輛。
Under the contract, Rohan was empowered to sign deals for the whole firm.
根據合約，Rohan 獲授權可代表整間公司簽約。
- 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.