单词 | powerless |
释义 | powerless —powerlessly, adv. —powerlessness, n. /pow"euhr lis/, adj. 1. unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless. 2. lacking power to act; helpless: His legs crumpled, and he was powerless to rise. [1545-55; POWER + -LESS] Syn. 1. ineffective. 2. feeble, impotent, prostrate, infirm. |
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