Embodiments of the present invention disclose a power adjustment method, a terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: sending, by a terminal, an uplink resource request by using a power of a; if the terminal receives no resource allocation signaling within a predetermined time after the uplink resource request is sent, sending, by the terminal, the uplink resource request again by using a power of b1, wherein b1 is greater than a. Embodiments of the present invention may improve communication efficiency.