英 [ˈɪmpətənt] 美 [ˈɪmpətənt]
adj. 无力的；无效的；虚弱的；阳萎的
impotent /ˈɪmpətənt/ TEM8
形容词 If someone feels impotent, they feel that they have no power to influence people or events. 无力的
The aggression of a bully leaves people feeling hurt, angry and impotent.
恶棍的挑衅让人感到受伤、愤怒而又无力。
形容词 If a man is impotent, he is unable to have sex normally, because his penis fails to get hard or stay hard. 阳痿的
At the age of 40, 1.9 percent of men are impotent.
1.9％的男人在40岁时阳痿。
lacking power or ability
Technology without morality is barbarous ; morality without technology is impotent ; felt impotent rage
(of a male) unable to copulate
阳萎
阳痿的
阳痿者
... impotency 没有能力 impotent 虚弱的 impound 收押 ...
... potent 效力大的；威力大的 impotent 无能的 inadvertent 不注意的，疏忽的 ...
... Inane(空虚的) Insignificance(无意义的) Impotent(弱的) ...
... impetuous激烈的，猛烈的 impious不恭敬的，不孝的 impotent无力的，虚弱的 ...
impotently 虚弱地；无能为力地；阳痿地
Without the chairman's support, the committee is impotent.
没有主席的支持，委员会是无能为力的。
For centuries, medicine was impotent and hence unproblematic.
几个世纪以来，医学无能为力，因此没有问题。
Once impotent due to Cold War rivalries, it has regained much of the authority accorded by the UN charter.
它曾经由于冷战对立而无能为力，现已重获《联合国宪章》赋予的大部分权力。
So he curses existence, curses God at having made him so impotent that he can't change the fact that two plus two equals four.
所以他诅咒生存，诅咒上帝让他如此无能,无能到无法改变二加二等于四的事实。
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Though elected by voters in their respective countries, Euro legislators are largely impotent, and Brussels knows it.
Regan called on scientists to develop something that would make ballistic missile impotent and obsolete.
In an economy of declining velocity, the quantity of money and interest rates are both impotent.