impotent
adjective /ˈɪmpətənt/
/ˈɪmpətənt/
- having no power to change things or to influence a situation
无能为力的；不起作用的 - 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。 - She blazed with impotent rage.
她勃然大怒，但于事无补。 - They were virtually impotent against the power of the large companies.
他们几乎无力与实力强大的大公司抗衡。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- prove
- …
- completely
- utterly
- virtually
- …
- against
- Without the chairman's support, the committee is impotent.
- (of a man
男子 性无能的；阳痿的 - The operation left him impotent.
手术让他变得性无能。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- leave somebody
- …
- sexually
- The operation left him impotent.
词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin impotent- ‘powerless’, from in- ‘not’ + potent- ‘being powerful, being able’ (from the verb posse).