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im·po·tence
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词根:impotent
adj.impotent 无力的;无效的;虚弱的;阳萎的
adv.impotently 虚弱地;无能为力地;阳痿地
n.impotency 无力;无效;无法可想;性无能
noun
the condition or trait of being impotent; weakness; ineffectiveness.Due to the impotence of its leadership, the government accomplished very little.
in a male, inability to have an erection, thus preventing his engagement in sexual intercourse.New drugs can be effective against impotence.
sterility, esp. in a male.Having mumps as a child can cause impotence in an adult male.
15世纪初,“身体虚弱”,也指“贫穷”,源自于古法语 impotence “虚弱”(13世纪),源自拉丁语 impotentia “缺乏控制或力量”,源自 impotentem “缺乏控制,无力”的词根(参见 impotent)。指完全缺乏(男性)性能力,始于大约1500年。拉丁语中这个词的比喻意义是“暴力,狂怒,放纵的激情”,通过“缺乏自我约束力”的概念,有时也被用于英语中。相关词汇: Impotency。
阳萎
阳痿
又称“阳萎”。成年男子阴茎不能勃起,或勃起不坚,或坚而短暂,致使不能进行性交的表现。
阳痿[病]
以阴茎不能勃起,不能进行性交为主要表现的疾病。
The first known use of impotence was in the 15th century
impracticableadjective
difficult to put into practice or use
an impracticable plan
impoverishverb
to make poor
to use up the strength or richness of
impoverished soil
impoverishverb
to make poor
to use up the strength or richness of
impoverished soil
impoundverb
to shut up in or as if in an enclosed place
to seize and hold in the hands of the law
impound evidence for a trial
impoundverb
to shut up in or as if in an enclosed place
to seize and hold in the hands of the law
impound evidence for a trial
impotentadjective
lacking in power or strength
incapable of engaging in sexual intercoursealso: sterile sense 1 —usually used of males
impotentadjective
lacking in power or strength
incapable of engaging in sexual intercoursealso: sterile sense 1 —usually used of males
impotencenoun
the quality or state of being impotent
impotencenoun
the quality or state of not being potent
drug-resistant bacteria are a virulent indicator of the growing impotence of antibiotics
an abnormal physical or psychological state of a male characterized by inability to engage in sexual intercourse because of failure to have or maintain an erection called alsoerectile dysfunction
1 Impotence affects 10 million men in the U.S. alone.
仅在美国,就有1千万男子患有阳痿。
2 It survived vague rumors that Philip was occasionally unfaithful, in the way of upper-class men of his generation — in his case supposedly fueled by his sense of impotence at being constitutionally inferior to his wife.
3 Inspired by Argento’s own frustrations with directing a production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth, “Opera” replaces the supernatural with the sexual, leaving room for a conversation about the link between sexual and artistic impotence.
4 "He thinks it might cause impotence," Fifi says, smiling sweetly, cherishing his cute male ignorance.
5 Concealed within relativism there thus lies a dream of omnipotence, a fantasy recompense, perhaps, for the impotence and irrelevance of academic life.
6 The omnipotence of love is its impotence.
爱的无限威力在于爱的不堪一击。
7 We have reduced the enemy to impotence.
我们已经使敌人丧失战斗力.
8 Smoking may reduce the blood flow and causes impotence.
吸烟可减少血液流动,引起无力、虚弱。
9 I was paralyzed by an impotence and embarrassment I didn’t know how to explain.
10 But the words remain stuck in his mouth, and as Runa gestures in angry, jerking impotence, it is Wagner's music welling around him that registers his anguish, far more eloquently than does the choreography.
11 SEPA's impotence is one reason why penalties, even when it can impose them, remain laughably light.
国家环保局缺乏权利就是为什么罚款、即使能罚也少的可笑的原因之一。
12 Not surprisingly, an area of particular interest for Bill is impotence.
13 The tenor Raymond Very brings a sturdy voice to the role of Zinovy, the husband, and conveys the character’s impotence: He cannot make his wife pregnant.
14 Sometimes, distressed by his own impotence, he finds himself crying.
15 A feeling of terrible impotence burdens mesI am so powerless.
16 Beyond the pretentious vocabulary, Ewald’s Homebody is clearly a lonely creature living vicariously through books, and an eccentric stand-in for all those who don’t make history but watch it with awe and impotence from afar.
17 It’s also worth adding that her view of men tends to be critical and sometimes piercingly satiric, focused equally on their power and their impotence.
18 Nesbit told her daughter about her father’s impotence when she was far too young to process it and tried to turn her against him.
19 You can blame the impotence of commercial culture.
你可以谴责商业文化的无能。
20 It mimics the human hormone estrogen, and research has linked the chemical to fertility problems, impotence, high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as concerns over problems caused by fatal exposure to the drug.
1 衰老
impotent decrepit senile effete gerontic doited consenescence aging fading senescence senility decrepitude caducity anility fade come apart at the seams
2 无能为力
3 无效
diriment empty void useless idle invalid frustrate null nude ineffective barren inert inconclusive unprofitable ineffectual voided unfruitful unavailing nugatory otiose avoidance inefficiency sterility idleness nullification invalidation nullity inconclusiveness nihility avoid negative blank mock negate invalidate nullify quash paralyse
4 虚弱
marantic weak tender wan delicate pale faint fragile shaky feeble weakly impotent puny rickety infirm valetudinarian white-livered impuissant impotently frailly weakliness weakness fragility infirmity frailty prostration enervation frailness impuissance low invalid piping gone helpless sickly washy delicacy asthenia marasmus invalidism prostrate debilitate asthenic debile frail cranky imbecile limp-wristed pimping puling rackety limpsy wankle silly astheny poverty imbecility inanition wear craze impoverish knock the stuffing out of
5 阳萎
6 无法可想
8 无能
ineffective inefficient incompetent powerless nerdy inept brain-dead talentless shiftless footless unaccomplished impuissant ineffectually disability paralysis inefficiency inadequacy incapacity disablement incapability impuissance useless hopeless impotent ineffectual spastic duff tinpot ineptly inability ineptitude ineffectiveness worthlessness bungling disable incapacitate have a bone in the throat incapable lame-duck incapacious helpless effete inapt nonability palsy incompetence emptiness bumble inaptitude
9 衰弱
shaky worn-out withered emaciate effete enervated doddered adynamic down labefaction tabefaction waste decline collapse weakness breakdown relaxation sinking infirmity prostration debility marasmus wear fail sink pine wither languish droop bate reduce sap wilt depress prostrate debilitate enervate enfeeble unstring etiolate devitalize
10 无力气
slack lethargic remiss impotent nerveless sackless impuissant lethargy languor impuissance napoo
11 性无能
12 无力
milk-toast low weak wan faint incapable helpless limp watery powerless diluted spent impotent ineffectual paralytic languorous unemphatic strengthless asthenic muscleless adynamic forceless impuissant dilutedly weakly faintly feebly limply rockily disability weakness paralysis inertia incapacity powerlessness asthenia enervation rockiness anergy impuissance hamstring paralyze beggar enervate dead empty invalid vain feeble meager languid washy inefficacious inability inanition incapacitate cut the claws of flabby flaccid anaemic enfeebled can't be fagged force tooth unable pointless enervated nerveless milk-and-water slack adynamia palsy tenuity nihility paralyse