impuissance
🇬🇧 UK/im'pju(:)isns/🇺🇸 US
GRE
Definitions
n.
Lack of power or strength; weakness; helplessness.
无力;虚弱;无能
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon 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.