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

• You're an impotent person in our company.
  在我们公司你是个患阳痿症的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• You must not fell sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you.
  看着我靠近你时，千万不要觉得感伤、不快或是无奈。
• I believe you're an extremely impotent man.
  我认为你是一个极度无能的男人。
• In the dreams of the impotent, comes the answer.
  它回答道：在那无能为力者的梦境里。
• Don't make him feel impotent about work.
  不要让他感到他在工作上是无能之辈。
• It is impotent to design the prefilter which maintain the orthogonality and approximation order of central filter bank.
  在预滤波器的设计中，能够保持中心滤波器组的正交性和逼近阶是非常重要的。
• He's impotent for sure.
  他肯定是个阳痿。
• And my words that would praise thee are impotent things.
  我欲颂扬你之言语都显得无能。