| 单词 | powerless |
| 释义 | powerless (once / 778 pages) adj WORD FAMILY powerless: powerlessly, powerlessness+/overpower: overpowered, overpowering, overpowers/overpowering: overpoweringly/power: overpower, powered, powerful, powering, powerless, powers, superpower/powered: unpowered/powerful: powerfulest, powerfully, powerfulness/superpower: superpowers USAGE EXAMPLESWere IndyMac executives powerless to offer anything but poorly underwritten mortgages? Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) Tens of thousands of villagers, forced to spend Christmas in crowded and powerless emergency shelters, started to return home Monday to deal with the damage. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) Unlike elite athletes and Broadway stars, any individual Rockette is rather powerless, because she is so replaceable. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) adj lacking power Syn|Ant ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective not producing an intended effect impotentlacking power or ability feeble, nervelesslacking strength helpless, incapacitatedlacking in or deprived of strength or power low-poweredhaving little power to do work weaknot having authority, political strength, or governing power weakwanting in physical strength powerful having great power or force or potency or effect effective, effectual, efficaciousproducing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect potent, stiff, stronghaving a strong physiological or chemical effect all-powerful, almighty, omnipotenthaving unlimited power coerciveserving or intended to coerce compellingdriving or forcing mightyhaving or showing great strength or force or intensity muscularhaving or suggesting great physical power or force potent, stronghaving or wielding force or authority puissantpowerful regentacting or functioning as a regent or ruler regnant, reigning, rulingexercising power or authority stronghaving strength or power greater than average or expected |
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