strength: [OE] Strength is of course closely related to strong. It was formed in prehistoric Germanic (as *stranggithō) from the ancestor of modern English strong. The verb strengthen was coined from it in the 13th century. => string, strong
strength (n.)
Old English strengþu, strengð "bodily power, force, vigor, firmness, fortitude, manhood, violence, moral resistance," from Proto-Germanic *strangitho (cognates: Old High German strengida "strength"), from PIE *strenk- "tight, narrow" (see string (n.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Compare length/long. From the same root as strong,
双语例句
1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时，你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. I didn't know Ron had that much strength of character.
我当时不知道罗恩有那么坚强的个性。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.
撕裂的肌肉会收缩，丧失原来的力量、结构和紧实度。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The drop was caused partly by the pound's strength against the dollar.
下降的部分原因在于英镑对美元的升值。
来自柯林斯例句
5. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.