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impotent
adjective
uk /ˈɪm.pə.tənt/ us /ˈɪm.pə.t̬ənt/
impotentadjective (LACKING POWER)
not having the power or ability to change or improve a situation: 无力量的；无能力的
You feel so impotent when your child is ill and you cannot help them.当孩子生病却什么忙也帮不上时，你会觉得自己是如此无能为力。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Weakness and vulnerability
Achilles heel
asthenia
at a low ebbidiom
atonic
atony
fragile
fragility
frail
glass jaw
helpless
shakiness
shaky
sitting duck
sitting target
soft target
weakling
weakly
weakness
weedy
wetly
impotentadjective (SEXUAL PROBLEM)
If a man is impotent, he cannot have sex because his penis cannot become hard or stay hard.（男子）阳痿的
If a man is impotent, he is unable to have children.（男性）不育的
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Diseases of the reproductive system
abruption
adenomyosis
anovulatory
anti-herpes
bacterial vaginosis
candida
endometriosis
erectile dysfunction
fibroid
French disease
herpes
Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome
sexually transmitted disease
syphilis
syphilitic
thrush
undescended
vaginal agenesis
vaginosis
venereological
impotent | American Dictionary
impotent
adjective
us/ˈɪm·pə·t̬ənt/
lacking the power or ability to change or improve a situation
impotence
noun[ U ]us/ˈɪm·pət̬·əns/
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