superpower

Word family  noun power superpower powerlessness empowerment adjective powerful ≠ powerless overpowering power powered verb power empower overpower adverb powerfully ≠ powerlessly overpoweringly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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su·per·pow·er /ˈsuːpəˌpaʊə $ -pərˌpaʊr/ noun [countable]  PGPMa nation that has very great military and political power 超级大国► see thesaurus at country

Examples from the Corpus

superpower• The book traces the emergence of China as a superpower in the 21st century.• He hinted a bigger presence for the U.S. military in the Asian Pacific region where China is emerging as a superpower.• But there is a tide here that may be irresistible even for a superpower.• It seemed a reasonable bargain in which each superpower could exert restraint over its regional allies.• A leading figure in the Arab world, sure that the Third World should not align itself with either superpower.• The United States is left as the only global superpower, in effect.• On a lavishly embossed coffee table before us lies the justification for this grot-pop superpower summit.• The United States, as the world's only remaining superpower, must continue making arms control a central element of its foreign policy.• The acute danger of any use of nuclear weapons is that this could escalate to a full-scale strategic exchange between the superpowers.• Yet our work helps sustain the superpowers and their intolerable system of separation.• Under the new President there was clearly going to be no relaxation of the competition between the two superpowers.

su·per·pow·er nounChineseSyllable  

power and has a great Corpus very political nation that military

superpower
su‧per‧pow‧er /ˈsuːpəˌpaʊə $ -pərˌpaʊr/ noun [countable]a nation that has very great military and political power
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ country an area of land controlled by its own government, president, king etc: Thailand is a beautiful country. | Which country would you most like to visit?
   ▪ nation a country, considered especially in relation to its people and its political and economic structure: The events shocked the whole nation. | The US is the most powerful nation in the world. | Leaders of the world’s major industrialized nations attended the meeting.
   ▪ state a country considered as a political organization with its own government: They believe that Scotland should be an independent sovereign state. | Most European states joined the Council of Europe.
   ▪ power a country that is very strong and important: a meeting of the great powers | Britain is still a world power.
   ▪ superpower one of the most powerful countries in the world: During the Cuban Missile Crisis there was a real danger of conflict between the two world superpowers.
   ▪ land literary a country – used in stories: He told them about his journeys to foreign lands. | a traveller from a far-off land

super·powerBrE /ˈsuːpəpaʊə(r)/ 🔊, /ˈsjuːpəpaʊə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsuːpərpaʊər/ 🔊 nounone of the countries in the world that has very great military or economic power and a lot of influence, for example the US 超级大国