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powerless
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Learner's definition of POWERLESS
: having no power : unable to do something or to stop something无力的；无能的 — often + against — often followed by to + verb常接动词不定式
- powerless victims无能为力的受害者
- She felt powerless [=helpless] lying in the hospital bed.躺在医院的病床上，她感到很无助。
- He felt powerless against the rumors that people were spreading about him.面对人们四处散播的关于他的谣言，他感到无能为力。
- Studies show that people are not powerless to prevent heart disease.研究显示人们对预防心脏疾病并不是无计可施。
— powerlessness
noun [noncount]
Example Sentences
I wish I could help you, but I am powerless in this situation.
Recent Examples on the Web One of the many distressing things about following a crisis like the war in Ukraine from afar is the combination of wishing for people not to suffer and feeling powerless to help them. 
Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022 My treatment has given me power over a situation that would otherwise leave me feeling powerless. Natasha Bowman, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021 This is liable to leave Democrats feeling powerless. Damon Linker, The Week, 13 Oct. 2021 Democrats technically could have increased the debt ceiling by any amount and Republicans would have been powerless to stop passage. Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 14 Dec. 2021 But two years into his presidency, Biden appears increasingly overwhelmed -- and powerless. Julian Zelizer, CNN, 3 June 2022 Formerly confident girls who had few issues expressing their anger have now stuffed it down, rendering them powerless and depressed. Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022 Where and when people feel confused, despised, and powerless, the same kinds of stories will creep back into the public square. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 May 2022 Middle-class Victorian families depended on the labor of the poor and powerless to keep their lives running smoothly. Kimberly Harrington, Washington Post, 18 May 2022 See More
Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022 My treatment has given me power over a situation that would otherwise leave me feeling powerless. Natasha Bowman, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021 This is liable to leave Democrats feeling powerless. Damon Linker, The Week, 13 Oct. 2021 Democrats technically could have increased the debt ceiling by any amount and Republicans would have been powerless to stop passage. Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 14 Dec. 2021 But two years into his presidency, Biden appears increasingly overwhelmed -- and powerless. Julian Zelizer, CNN, 3 June 2022 Formerly confident girls who had few issues expressing their anger have now stuffed it down, rendering them powerless and depressed. Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022 Where and when people feel confused, despised, and powerless, the same kinds of stories will creep back into the public square. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 18 May 2022 Middle-class Victorian families depended on the labor of the poor and powerless to keep their lives running smoothly. Kimberly Harrington, Washington Post, 18 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of powerless was in the 15th century adjective
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