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impotence

英 ['ɪmpətəns] 美['ɪmpətəns]
  • n. [泌尿][中医] 阳萎;虚弱;无效(等于impotency)

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副词: impotently;形容词: impotent;

英英释意


1. the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
2. an inability (usually of a male) to copulate

英文词源


impotence (n.)
early 15c., "physical weakness," also "poverty," from Middle French impotence "weakness," from Latin impotentia "lack of control or power," from impotentem (nominative impotens); see impotent. In reference to a want of (male) sexual potency, from c. 1500. The figurative senses of the word in Latin were "violence, fury, unbridled passion." Related: Impotency.

实用场景例句


Their discovery could herald a cure for some forms of impotence.
他们的发现可能预示着为某些类型的阳痿找到了医治方法。

柯林斯例句

His impotence to help made him despair.
他无力帮忙,感到很失望.

《简明英汉词典》

We have reduced the enemy to impotence.
我们已经使敌人丧失战斗力.

辞典例句

Seeing the profits slip from Hugh's fingers, Scarlett became frenzied at her impotence and his stupidity.
利润从休的手上流走了,他这么愚蠢, 思嘉自己又夫能为力,因此急得不得了.

飘(部分)

Absence of libido may or may not correlate with infertility or impotence.
力比多的缺失与不育症以及阳痿的联系也并非绝对.

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Smoking may reduce the blood flow and causes impotence.
吸烟可减少血液流动,引起无力、虚弱.

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But the most important function humble hippocampus is the treatment of impotence.
但海马的最重要功能是治疗阳痿.

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Impotence is often treated with seahorses steeped in rice wine.
泡海马的洒常用于治疗阳痿.

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There is strength in numbers, but impotence in singlehandedness.
人多势众, 孤掌难鸣.

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The factory was also making fake male impotence drugs.
这家工厂还生产假冒的男用壮阳药品.

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His fists clench and unclench in leashed frustration at his impotence.
他的拳头握紧,然后又因为挫败感而松开.

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The omnipotence of love is its impotence.
爱的无限威力在于爱的不堪一击.

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The power of love is its impotence.
爱的无限威力在于爱不堪一击.

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Folk applications include rheumatoid arthritis, impotence, irregular menses, placenta not being expelled after birth.
民间雪莲用于治疗风湿性关节炎 、 阳痿 、 妇女月经不调 、 胎衣不下.

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Dole will address in TV commercials sexual impotence and general health education for men.
多尔将在电视广告中大谈把重点放在性无能和男人一般健康的教育性广告上.

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