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单词 powerless
释义 powerless
 —powerlessly,  adv.   —powerlessness,  n.  
 /pow"euhr lis/,  adj.  
  1. unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
  2. lacking power to act; helpless: His legs crumpled, and he was powerless to rise.
 [1545-55; POWER + -LESS]
 Syn. 1. ineffective. 2. feeble, impotent, prostrate, infirm.
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