vigour• Right at the start of the gospel story we find the Spiritactive in full vigour.• It was a peculiarexchange to take place between men in full vigour, aged forty and forty-four respectively.• They valued his vigour and inventiveness and came to respect him as a reliable man of business.• His vigour and passionimpressed me.• It needs to be conducted with more vigour and with more rigour than has so far been evident.• Lewis is looking for a catalyst to recapture some of its originalvigour and purpose.• Holidays make it possible for you to return to your normalroutine with renewedvigour and enthusiasm.• Thousands can be lost without seriously affecting the vigour and power of the army.• His new job was certainly a challenge, but Edward tackled it with vigour and imagination.
(BrE) (NAmEvigor) ADJECTIVE | VERB + VIGOUR/VIGOR | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤increased, increasing增強的力量;不斷增長的精力▸➤fresh, new, renewed新的活力;新的力量;重新煥發的活力◇He returned to work with a sense of renewed vigour.他回來後又精神飽滿地投入工作。➤great極大的活力▸➤youthful年輕的活力▸➤intellectual, physical才智的力量;體力VERB + VIGOUR/VIGOR➤regain, restore恢復活力➤lack缺乏活力PREPOSITION➤with vigour有活力地◇The government gave assurances that the investigation would be pursued with vigour.政府保證會下大力氣進行調查。PHRASES➤full of vigour充滿活力◇She was a wonderful, bubbly girl, full of vigour.她是個了不起的女孩,樂天活潑,活力四射。➤vim and vigour精力◇He set to his task with renewed vim and vigour.他再度抖擻精神投入自己的工作。➤with equal vigour以同等的力度◇She attacked both parties with equal vigour.她對兩個政黨予以同等的抨擊。