powerless

If you don't have money, you're powerless. 如果你沒有錢，你就無能為力。

I saw what was happening, but I was powerless to help. 我眼看着事情發生，卻無力相助。

People are being murdered every day and I am powerless to stop it. 每天都有人被殺害，而我卻無力制止。

The twin lights, the shifting grey and the steadfast red, mastered the Water Rat and held him bound, fascinated, powerless. 變幻莫測的灰色和堅定不變的紅色，這兩道光芒控制住了河鼠，使他處於動彈不得，痴痴迷迷，又無能為力的狀態。

It seems hard to believe that we can deal with more serious diseases yet are powerless against something so common as a cold. 讓人難以相信的是，我們能夠治療更嚴重的疾病，卻無力對抗像感冒這樣常見的疾病。

When the enemy attacked, we were completely powerless against them. 敵人進攻的時候，我們毫無抵禦能力。

The bank has done this even though its advisors say the dam will cause hardship for the powerless and environmental destruction. 儘管世界銀行的顧問説大壩會給弱勢羣體帶來困難，破壞環境，但世界銀行還是這樣做了。

Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless high-rise buildings. 青少年爬上幾十層樓梯，給困在高層建築中無助的老年人送水和食物。

The notion that they're utterly powerless suddenly seems unrealistic not to mention rather annoying so they're prompted instead to generate ideas about how they might change things. 他們完全無能為力的想法突然變得不現實，更不用説令人討厭了，所以他們反而會產生自己可能可以改變事情的想法。

In the end, I felt powerless. 最後，我覺得很無力。

They were not always so powerless. 他們不總是這麼無力的。

Hates being powerless or trivialized. 痛恨自己無能為力或被輕視。

You are not powerless. 你不是無能為力。

Bird flu should not make us feel powerless. 禽流感不應使我們感到無能為力。

Powerful or powerless? 選擇強大還是軟弱？

You end up feeling incapable, powerless. 你在無能無力中老去，畫地為牢。

Fear is powerless. And joy lies in taking risks. 恐懼是無力的，快樂藴含在冒險中。

Right now, I'm powerless when it comes to books. 當涉及到書籍的時候，我立刻變得毫無力量。

Do you feel powerless when faced with chocolate? 當面對一塊巧克力時你是否常感到無法抗拒？

And as a victim, we are powerless, bitter, and stuck. 作為一個受害者，我們無力、心酸、困窘。

Likewise, Obama may be powerless to cut weapons spending. 同樣，奧巴馬可能也無法削減武器開支。

His throat was powerless, his arms and hands were like lead. 他的嗓子啞了，手臂像鉛那般沉。

Identify with the powerful, and the powerless too, she urged. 認同有力，也要鑑別無能為力，她鼓勵説。

I am a cyber slacker - powerless to resist the draw of the Internet. 我是一個計較機懶鬼——無力抗拒網絡的誘惑。

And they're absolutely, utterly, completely powerless to stop it. 而他們卻完全、徹底沒有辦法去阻止它。

When I was twelve years old, I felt powerless, confused and angry. 十二歲的時候，我感到無助、困惑、暴躁。

In every situation that arises, we choose to be powerful or powerless. 無論發生什麼情況，我們都可以在強大與軟弱之間作出選擇。 ^[1]