Powerless
[ ['pauəlis] ]
第5级
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a. 无力的, 无权的, 无效能的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
powerless
adj
1 without power or strength 无权力的; 无力量的
render sb powerless 使某人失去权力.
2 ~ to do sth completely unable to do sth 对做某事无能为力的
I am powerless to intervene in the matter. 我对调停此事无能为力.
They were powerless to resist. 他们无力抵抗.
🗣️ 情景例句
When addressing a judge, always use 'your honor'.
在对法官说话时， 一定要尊称他为 'your honor'
The whole thing was held up about half an hour.
整个事情耽搁了约半小时。
but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves.
但是早期记录地震波的仪器（测震仪）正是采用了这种思路。