impotent

英 [ˈɪmpətənt]

美 [ˈɪmpətənt]

adj.  无能为力的; 不起作用的; 性无能的; 阳痿的

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Collins.1 / BNC.13692 / COCA.15525

牛津词典

adj.

• 无能为力的；不起作用的
  having no power to change things or to influence a situation
  1. 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。
  2. She blazed with impotent rage.
     她勃然大怒，但于事无补。
• 性无能的；阳痿的
  unable to achieve an erection and therefore unable to have full sex

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无能为力的;不起作用的
  If someone feelsimpotent, they feel that they have no power to influence people or events.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 阳痿的;性无能的
  If a man isimpotent, he is unable to have sex normally, because his penis fails to get hard or stay hard.

英英释义

adj

• lacking power or ability
  1. Technology without morality is barbarou
  2. felt impotent rage
• (of a male) unable to copulate

双语例句

• Don't make him feel impotent about work.
  不要让他感到他在工作上是无能之辈。
• 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。
• I believe you're an extremely impotent man.
  我认为你是一个极度无能的男人。
• For example, we might equate money with being loved, or with being either powerful or impotent.
  例如，我们会把金钱与被爱，与强大或是无能联系在一起。
• "In the dreams of the impotent", comes the answer.
  “在无能者的梦里”，这是他的回答。
• The old man was grim but impotent in his rage.
  老头儿很严肃，但是愤怒而无能为力。
• The unconscious mind of man sees correctly even when conscious reason is blind and impotent.
  即使在意识理性盲目无力时，人的潜意识心理仍能正确地理解。
• You feel so impotent when your child is ill and there's nothing you can do.
  当你孩子在生病而你又什么也做不了时，你会觉得自己是如此无能为力。
• They sit in impotent opposition while the country goes to the dogs.
  国家败落之际，他们加入了软弱无力的反对党。
• Impotent allusive therapeutics is a kind of psychotherapy.
  阳痿的暗示疗法是心理疗法的一种。