音标:['impәtәnt] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 无力的, 虚弱的, 无效的, 阳萎的
a. lacking power or ability; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson
a. (of a male) unable to copulate

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impotent的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. The operation left him impotent.手术让他变得性无能。
  2. The boy is so impotent that he can't do a simple job well.这个男孩非常无能,连一件简单的工作也做不好。
  3. 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。

经典引文

  • Individual wills may not be all-powerful, but neither are they totally impotent.

    出自:Isaiah Berlin
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