His throat was powerless. His arms and hands were like lead.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

The nymphs, of course, are powerless, and worse than that, the nymphs, as we know and of course as John Milton knew, are merely fictions. This is all made up.

海洋女神当然无能为力，更糟糕的是，海洋女神，我们都知道，弥尔顿也知道，只是虚构的，这都是虚构的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

If then You slay this people to a man, the nations who have heard Your fame will say, 'It must be because the Lord was powerless to bring that people into the land He had promised them on oath that He slaughtered them in the wilderness.

如今你若把这些人杀了，那听到你名声的国家会说,耶和华因为不能把这些人领进,向他们起誓的应许之地,所以在旷野中把他们杀了。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

For one thing, he is good at handling a powerless aircraft.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

It's like adding insult to injury that " I'm powerless in the face of death.

这就像受伤害之后还被侮辱,“面对死亡我无能为力。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The voice,believed to be that of Bin Laden, thus concludes President Obama is a weakened man and powerless to change course in Afghanistan because of "pressure groups."

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Powerless. Uh huh.

无力的，恩。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选