【同义词辨析】 强势masterful-imperative
masterful: implies a strong personality and ability to act authoritatively: her ~ personality soon dominated the movement. 
domineering: suggests an overbearing or tyrannical manner and an obstinate determination to enforce one's will: ~ older siblings, ordering the younger ones about.  (tyrannical暴君暴政专横implies abuse of power and harsh or oppressive rule形容滥用权力,严酷高压的统治,如a new regime as tyrannical as the one it had deposed新政权和它推倒的旧政权一样暴政) (overbearing专横傲慢suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence形容专横的态度或难以忍受的傲慢,如wearied by demands from her overbearing in-laws对她专横傲慢的公婆的要求感到厌倦) 
imperious: implies a commanding nature or manner and often suggests arrogant assurance: an ~ executive used to getting his own way. 
peremptory: implies an abrupt dictatorial manner coupled with an unwillingness to tolerate disobedience or dissent: a ~ style that does not allow for compromise.  (dictatorial专断高压地用权implies an autocratic, high-handed and domineering manner,如a dictatorial manner that  alienated her colleagues她专断高压的风格疏远了同事)  
imperative: implies peremptoriness arising more from the urgency of the situation than from an inherent will to dominate: an ~ appeal for assistance. 
masterful 强势 :  指个性强势,行事权威, domineering 专横 :  表示态度傲慢高压的施行自己的意志, imperious  也是  专横 :  常表示自大地命令别人, peremptory还是专横 :  做事唐突专断不容反对, imperative 迫切 :  表示唐突专横是因为形势急迫,不是希望支配别人
  
  
记忆方法: 1) 首字母 MDIPI 写成 PI和MID 想成派的中间<== 强势  
           2) 强势的意思是强行施行个人意志mean tending to impose one's will on others.首字母 MDIPI 写成 PI和MID 想成派的中间<== 强势