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impotent
[英] [ˈɪmpətənt] [美] [ˈɪmpətənt] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 无能为力的;不起作用的 If someone feels impotent, they feel that they have no power to influence people or events. 

  • The aggression of a bully leaves people feeling hurt, angry and impotent...

    暴徒的侵犯令人们感到痛心、愤怒却又无能为力。

  • In impotent rage he got up and stalked up and down the flat.

    他怒气冲冲地站起来,却又无计可施，只能在公寓里走来走去。

2. ADJ 阳痿的;性无能的 If a man is impotent, he is unable to have sex normally, because his penis fails to get hard or stay hard. 
Adjective

1. lacking power or ability;

  • "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson
  • "felt impotent rage"

2. (of a male) unable to copulate

1. The operation left him impotent.
手术让他变得性无能。

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2. They were virtually impotent against the power of the large companies.
他们实际上无力与实力雄厚的大公司抗衡。

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3. We felt quite impotent to resist the will of the dictator.
我们感到无力抗拒独裁者的意志。

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