Word · Frequency #19896
powerlessnesses
无力；无能为力；衰弱
powerlessnesses is the plural of powerlessness.
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。
- 1.
The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power.
无力
无力；无能为力
In use
After the accident, she was overwhelmed by a feeling of powerlessness.
He couldn't hide his powerlessness when the computer crashed again.
The villagers complained about their powerlessness to stop the factory from dumping waste into the river.
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。
powerlessness to do sth
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 powerlessness
feel后通常接抽象名词表示感受。
Connections
Collocations
- sense of powerlessness
- 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。
- political powerlessness
- 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。
- utter powerlessness
- 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。
- powerlessness to act
- 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。
- powerlessness in the face of adversity
- 面对逆境时的无能为力
- He wrote about human powerlessness in the face of adversity.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记 power（力量）被 less（少）吞噬，加上 ness，眼前出现“力量耗尽、无能为力”的画面。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常谈话、报刊评论、正式文章 该词为中性表达，口语与书面语中均可使用；通常多用于描述个人或群体在政治、社会、心理等情境中的无力感。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes with powerlessness; they share the spelling pattern -lessness but have different stressed vowels (e.g., /paʊ/ vs /hɛl/, /hoʊm/, /rɛst/, /miːnɪŋ/, /lɪst/, /θɔːt/). The unstressed suffix /ləs nəs/ does sound the same.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.