"On a power trip" nghĩa là gì?

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"On a power trip" nghĩa là thực thi quyền lực, thẩm quyền một cách quá mức; thể hiện quyền lực.

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She’s on a power trip after Jacob gives her a rah-rah “using excessive force is heroic and necessary!” speech, sending The Crows into every disadvantaged community in Gotham to look for Alice.

Some men are on a power trip and find it threatening (mang tính đe dọa), some are douches and find it unfeminine, and then there’s just the fact that this kind of knowledge performance is often extremely dull.

Horrible bosses are often on a power trip and seek opportunities to grab more and more power in an effort to cover for their insecurities. Indeed, they want to believe that they are superior to you and you are inferior to them by virtue of positional authority and status, and they will do whatever it takes to maintain the imbalance of power and are willing to work overtime to make sure you recognize it.

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