词汇 | powerlessly |
释义 | powerlessly adverb uk /ˈpaʊə.ləs.li/ us /ˈpaʊ.ɚ.ləs.li/ in a way that shows someone has no power to control or influence a situation: They have had to resign themselves to looking on powerlessly. We were forced to watch powerlessly from the margins, as we were excluded from the discussions that concerned us the most. in a way that shows that someone has little physical strength: At first I spent more time hanging powerlessly from the rope than I did climbing. His hands fell powerlessly to his sides. They watched powerlessly as several perfectly healthy trees were chopped down. Once again he was forced to sit on the sidelines, powerlessly nursing an injured ankle. Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragile fragility frail glass jaw helpless shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target soft target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly Related wordpowerless |
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