喜樂美語
  1. 1無能為力的；(醫學)陽痿的

    Impotent means powerless — unable to do anything effective, even though you want to. A government can feel impotent if it cannot stop a problem, and a person can feel impotent with anger if they're furious but can't change the situation. Impotent also has a specific medical meaning: a man who is impotent is unable to get or keep an erection. Because of this second meaning, be a little careful using the word about a person.

組成im- ('not') + potent ('powerful') = not powerful.

同家族的字

  • potentimpotent is simply the opposite of potent, 'powerful'
  • potentialshares the same Latin root potens, 'having power'

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

impotentadj/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/

  • 1

    Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak

  • 2

    Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless

    • Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent
  • 3

    Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.

    • A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.
  • 4

    Sterile

  • 5

    obsoleteLacking self-restraint

    • Then, impotent of tongue (her ſilence broke) / Thus turbulent in rattling tone ſhe ſpoke.

impotentnoun/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/

  • 1

    A man who has erectile dysfunction

  • 2

    An impotent or powerless person

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