impotence

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

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.

双语例句


1. Impotence affects 10 million men in the US alone.
仅仅在美国,就有1,000万男子患有阳痿。

来自柯林斯例句

2. In the midst of his feelings of impotence, a comforting thought arrived.
正在他觉得很无奈的时候,一个令人欣慰的想法冒了出来。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

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

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

来自辞典例句

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