powerless
英['paʊələs]
美['paʊərləs]
- 1. They feel scared and powerless in conveyor-belt hospital wards.
- 在千篇一律的病房里,他们感到恐惧而又无能为力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Despite its lack of formal power the nobility was not powerless.
- 尽管没有正式的权力,贵族阶层并非没有权势。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. If you don't have money, you're powerless.
- 如果你没有钱,就寸步难行。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was sympathetic, but powerless to help.
- 他表示同情,但爱莫能助。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. When the enemy attacked, we were completely powerless against them.
- 敌人进攻的时候,我们毫无抵御能力。
来自《权威词典》
用作形容词 (adj.)
- They were not always so powerless.
他们不总是这么无力的。
- It is a spiritual disease that leaves us weak and powerless.
它是一种使我们软弱和无力的一种精神疾病。