impotence
英 ['?mp?t?ns]
美 ['?mp?t?ns]
- n. [泌尿][中醫(yī)] 陽萎；虛弱；無效（等于impotency）
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Impotence affects 10 million men in the US alone.
- 僅僅在美國，就有1,000萬男子患有陽痿。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In the midst of his feelings of impotence, a comforting thought arrived.
- 正在他覺得很無奈的時候，一個令人欣慰的想法冒了出來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Their discovery could herald a cure for some forms of impotence.
- 他們的發(fā)現(xiàn)可能預示著為某些類型的陽痿找到了醫(yī)治方法。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. His impotence to help made him despair.
- 他無力幫忙,感到很失望.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. We have reduced the enemy to impotence.
- 我們已經(jīng)使敵人喪失戰(zhàn)斗力.
來自辭典例句