知道了“洪荒之力”，也得了解下historical和power的用法

最近中国游泳女队的傅园慧却凭借一段赛后采访时的豪华表情包瞬间火爆网络，尤其是那句“我已经使出了洪荒之力”让人顿时失去了招架之力，那么你知道洪荒之力怎么翻译么？

外媒有将其译为“mystic energy”、“I have played my full potential, used all my strength”“prehistorical power”等。

根据《辞海》，洪荒即“混沌、蒙昧的状态”，也指远古时代。“prehistorical”意为史前。将洪荒之力译为prehistorical powers也是贴切的。（取自中国日报网）

Power含义众多，其中作为名词，常译为：a 权势、权力、能力

① Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them  能力

② The Prime Minister has the power to dismiss and appoint senior ministers  权力 

b 军事力量，武力

③ In Western eyes, Iraq is a major power in an area of great strategic importance.

c 政权

The party has been in power since independence in 1964

d 能量，例如电能

④ Nuclear power is cleaner than coal.

  作为动词，译为使...有力量，供以动力

⑤ The planes are powered by Rolls Royce engines

这只是power的一些常见意义，其他更多关于这个词的表达大家可以学习柯林斯词典中的用法。

historic和historical（取自英语点津网）

historical 指的是和历史有关的或是历史上出现过的人或事。比如说，历史建筑 historical buildings, 历史小说 historical fiction.

①I've told you that Beynor spends his time studying the historical archives of his monstrous hosts in the Dawntide Isles。

②John Coffin's historical researches into his ancestors had caught Jordan's attention。

historic 常用来表示历史上一件难忘的、有名的、重要的、独特的东西

柯林斯词典中解释为：Something that is historic is important in history, or likely to be considered important at some time in the future

①Then she gave her a visa, a map of Managua, and a pamphlet about the historic achievements of the Nicaraguan revolution.

②There also was the Poe statue outside the University of Baltimore and some historic markers here and there.

总的来说，用historical 描述一般的历史事件或与历史有关的东西；用 historic 来形容一个具体的历史事件。