| 单词 | impotence |
| 释义 | impotence (ɪmpətəns ) 1. uncountable noun Impotence is a lack of power to influence people or events. ...a sense of impotence in the face of deplorable events. Synonyms: powerlessness, inability, helplessness, weakness 2. uncountable noun Impotence is a man's sexual problem in which his penis fails to get hard or stay hard. Impotence affects 10 million men in the U.S. alone. Collocations: political impotence Yet the Left's rise to cultural power was accompanied by its descent into economic and political impotence. The Times Literary Supplement (2012) The 1979 general election cast the party into 18 years of political impotence. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The downturn has not coincided with political impotence and despair. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Translations: Chinese: 无能为力 Japanese: 無力 |
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