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 strengtu, strenge "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,
雙語例句
1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
當你從內心深處找到一種可以忍受一切痛苦的堅強力量時，你的成長歷程就會出現飛躍。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
2. I didn't know Ron had that much strength of character.
我當時不知道羅恩有那么堅強的個性。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.
撕裂的肌肉會收縮，喪失原來的力量、結構和緊實度。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The drop was caused partly by the pound's strength against the dollar.
下降的部分原因在于英鎊對美元的升值。
來自柯林斯例句
5. A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.