a sense of powerlessness
Many people experience a sense of powerlessness in the face of bureaucracy.
许多人在面对官僚体制时感到一种无力感。
无力;无能为力;衰弱
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
常作不可数名词,指由于缺乏力量或影响力而无法行动或改变现状的状态。
无力
The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
After the accident, she was overwhelmed by a feeling of powerlessness.
事故之后,她被一种无能为力的感觉压倒了。
用法提示:powerlessness 是名词,表示‘无能为力’,作介词 by 的宾语。
He couldn't hide his powerlessness when the computer crashed again.
当电脑再次崩溃时,他无法掩饰自己的无力感。
用法提示:powerlessness 作动词 hide 的宾语,表达‘无力’的状态。
The villagers complained about their powerlessness to stop the factory from dumping waste into the river.
村民们抱怨自己无力阻止工厂向河里倾倒废物。
用法提示:powerlessness 作介词 about 的宾语,表示‘无能为力’,后接不定式说明具体事项。
Many people experience a sense of powerlessness in the face of bureaucracy.
许多人在面对官僚体制时感到一种无力感。
表示‘无力做某事’。
His powerlessness to change the situation frustrated him.
他无力改变现状,这让他感到沮丧。
feel后通常接抽象名词表示感受。
She felt a deep powerlessness when her efforts failed.
当她的努力失败时,她深感无力。
over表示在某个方面无能为力。
They expressed their powerlessness over the decision.
他们表示对这个决定无能为力。
较口语,侧重情感上的无助和依赖他人;与 powerlessness 相比更强调主观感受,不一定指客观无权。
正式用语,也指性无能;强调缺乏影响力或效力时与 powerlessness 相近,但语气更强。
多指因身体、法律或智力等客观条件而不能办事,不强调外力压制。
最普通用词,指不具备做某事的技能或机会,未必有被压迫感。
侧重身体或性格上的弱,或事物的薄弱环节;与 powerlessness 的“无权”含义不同,需语境区分。
grammar · medium
易错句子I feel a sense of powerless.
正确表达I feel a sense of powerlessness.
powerless 是形容词,而介词短语 'a sense of' 后面需要接名词。应使用名词 powerlessness。
grammar · medium
易错句子He experienced many powerlessnesses in his life.
正确表达He experienced much powerlessness in his life.
powerlessness 是不可数名词,不能用复数形式。应将 many powerlessnesses 改为 much powerlessness。
与 powerlessness(无力)相对,指拥有力量或权力。
与 powerlessness(无力)相对,侧重体力或意志力。
与 powerlessness(无法控制)相对,指掌控局面的能力。
与 powerlessness(无权)相对,指权威或合法权力。
与 powerlessness(无能力)相对,指具备做某事的能力。
helplessness强调无法自助或保护自己的状态,而powerlessness侧重于缺乏权力或影响力。
weakness多指身体虚弱或性格缺陷,而powerlessness指缺乏力量或能力去做某事。
无能为力的感觉
He couldn't shake the sense of powerlessness that followed his failure.
他无法摆脱失败后那种无能为力的感觉。
政治上的无权地位
Their political powerlessness left them unable to influence local policy.
他们在政治上的无权地位使他们无法影响地方政策。
彻底的无力感
She felt utter powerlessness when her visa application was rejected.
当签证申请被拒时,她感到彻底的无力感。
无力采取行动
His powerlessness to act in the emergency only increased his frustration.
他在紧急情况下无力采取行动,这只会让他更加沮丧。
面对逆境时的无能为力
He wrote about human powerlessness in the face of adversity.
他描写了人类面对逆境时的无能为力。
经济上的无力
Economic powerlessness forces many families to depend on aid.
经济上的无力使许多家庭不得不依赖救济。
-lessness
-lessness
-lessness
-lessness
-lessness
-lessness
power + -less + -ness
power + -less
power + -ful
help + -less
weak + -ness
与无力感相关,指易受伤害或攻击的状态。
依赖他人或外部力量常伴随无力感。
处于从属地位往往意味着缺乏权力。
压迫是导致无力感的重要外部因素。
被边缘化的人常感到自己无力改变处境。
我是杰克的无力感。
Spoken by the narrator in Fight Club, this line captures his powerlessness in a consumer-driven society.
这句台词出自《搏击俱乐部》中的叙述者之口,表达了他在一个消费驱动型社会中的无力感。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.