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impotent

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adj.无力的,虚弱的,无效的,阳萎的

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impotent为短语/超纲词汇

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副词:impotently

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potent=powerful(有力的)

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/'ɪmpətənt; `ɪmpətənt/
adj
1 [usu pred 通常作表语] unable to take effective action; powerless or helpless 不能采取有效行动; 无能为力
*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.
2 (of men) unable to have sexual intercourse or reach an orgasm (指男子)阳痿的, 不能性交的, 不能达到性高潮的.

impotent


adj
unable to take effective action because you do not have enough power, strength, or control
 Emergency services seem impotent in the face of such a disaster.
 impotent rage
a man who is impotent is unable to have sex because he cannot get an erection
>impotentlyadv
>impotencen[U]
 political impotence
1. 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.

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