powerless
- adj. 无力的；无能力的，无权的（常接不定式或 against、in 等介词短语）；（机器、飞行器等）无动力的，失去动力的
- n. （the powerless）无权无势者；弱势群体
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
powerless /ˈpaʊəlɪs/
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ADJ Someone who is powerless is unable to control or influence events. 无能为力的
例：If you don't have money, you're powerless.
如果你没有钱，你就无能为力。
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powerlessness N-UNCOUNT 无能为力
例：If we can't bring our problems under control, feelings of powerlessness and despair often ensue.
如果我们不能将我们的问题控制住，无能为力和绝望感往往就会随之而来。
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ADJ If you are powerless to do something, you are completely unable to do it. 不能的 [ADJ to-inf]
例：People are being murdered every day and I am powerless to stop it.
每天都有人被杀害，而我却无力制止。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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I saw what was happening, but I was powerless to help.
我眼看着事情发生，却无力相助。
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The twin lights, the shifting grey and the steadfast red, mastered the Water Rat and held him bound, fascinated, powerless.
变幻莫测的灰色和坚定不变的红色，这两道光芒控制住了河鼠，使他处于动弹不得，痴痴迷迷，又无能为力的状态。
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It seems hard to believe that we can deal with more serious diseases yet are powerless against something so common as a cold.
让人难以相信的是，我们能够治疗更严重的疾病，却无力对抗像感冒这样常见的疾病。
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It settles into a long, powerless slide toward the landing field at Edwards Air Force Base.
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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。
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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。
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