impotent是什么意思？

impotent

英[ˈɪmpətənt] 美[ˈɪmpətənt]

• adj. 无力的，虚弱的，无效的，[医]阳痿的；

副词：impotently;

名词：impotence;

例句

• We felt quite impotent to resist the will of the dictator. 我们感到无力抗拒独裁者的意志。
• burning with impotent rage 怒火中烧卻无能为力
• The operation left him impotent. 手术让他变得性无能.
• They were virtually impotent against the power of the large companies. 他们实际上无力与实力雄厚的大公司抗衡.
• The use of Ozawa's impotent carriers as a decoy force was brilliant. 利用小泽那几条脆弱的航空母舰作为一支诱敌舰队,这个战略也是十分巧妙的.
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。

反义词

• adj.
  impotent的反义词之：无力的;阳萎的
  potent,
• impotent的反义词之：其他释义
  potent, omnipotent,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  无能为力的;不起作用的
  If someone feels impotent, they feel that they have no power to influence people or events.
  例句
  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。 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。
• ADJ
  阳痿的;性无能的
  If a man is impotent, he is unable to have sex normally, because his penis fails to get hard or stay hard.

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  不能采取有效行动的, 无能为力的
  burning with impotent rage 怒火中烧卻无能为力 They were virtually impotent against the power of the large companies. 他们实际上无力与实力雄厚的大公司抗衡。 We felt quite impotent to resist the will of the dictator. 我们感到无力抗拒独裁者的意志。
  阳痿的, 不能达到性高潮的
  The operation left him impotent. 手术让他变得性无能。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. lacking power or ability;
  "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson"felt impotent rage"
  2. (of a male) unable to copulate