powerless

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a. 无力的, 无权的, 无效能的

发音

US /ˈpaʊɚləs/
UK /ˈpaʊələs/

词形变化

more powerless 比较级 most powerless 最高级

别名

powerlesse

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Lacking sufficient power or strength.

    无力的

  2. 2.

    Lacking legal authority.

    The traffic warden was powerless to stop me driving away.

  3. 3.

    Without electricity or electrical power.

    During the storm, the entire neighborhood was left powerless for several hours

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

powerful

近义相关 6

weak helpless feeble incapacitated low-powered nerveless

参见 5

weak impotent ineffective ineffectual uneffective

词源

From Middle English pouerles, powerles, equivalent to power + -less.

来源：wiktionary