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impuissance

🇬🇧 UK/im'pju(:)isns/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

Lack of power or strength; weakness; helplessness.

无力;虚弱;无能

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
imnot, opposite of
+
puispowerful, able, capable
+
ancestate, quality
=impuissance

Common Collocations

  • 1.display impuissance表现出无力
  • 2.sense of impuissance无力感

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The general's impuissance to command troops led to defeat.

  • 2.

    She felt a sense of impuissance watching injustice unfold.

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