工会在目前纠纷中高估自己实力有失败之虞。 The union is in danger of overplaying its hand in the current dispute.
客队实力太强了--把我们打得一败涂地。 The visiting team was too strong they walked all over us.
利物浦足球队和英格兰足球队实力相当。 Liver-pool and England are neck and neck in strength.
一切似乎都与我作对，不过我努力争取恢复了我往日的实力地位。 Everything seemed to be against me, but I fought back to my old position of strength.
竞选财务改革也是医疗立法第一个需要克服的困难。约输逊是唯一有政治实力并且知道如何运用它以便获得国会通过重要的医疗改革的总统。可是为了要完成这项立法，他必须付出代价。 Campaign finance reform is also the first hurdle for any health-care legislation. Lyndon Johnson was the only President with the political strength and savvy to drive major health reform through Congress. But he had to pay the private pipers to enact it.
