powerlessness

1. And like cable companies, Facebook ( FB) has competitors, but none that match its reach, which leaves users sometimes feeling a sense of powerlessness.
   就像有线电视公司一样，Facebook也有竞争者，但其影响力无人能及，以至于用户有时（会因为没有其它选择而）有无助的感觉。
2. Yes, power can corrupt, but powerlessness corrupts too.
   权力确实会带来腐败，但无权力也会带来同样的后果。
3. Their powerlessness shows up in many ways: throwing tantrums, taking the easy route when addressing difficult problems, ignoring major issues, and failing to act responsibly.
   他们的软弱无力通常表现在许多方面：大发脾气；解决难题时总是拈轻怕重；忽视重要问题，逃避责任等等。
4. An evidence of this defect and this powerlessness of the old gods is found even in the religious beliefs of antiquity.
   这种古代神灵的缺陷所在和薄弱无力，可以在当时希腊人的宗教信仰中寻出证据。
5. In October, the BBC Business website reported how as the credit crunch spread feelings of fear and powerlessness, some are turning to humour as the only escape.
   BBC商业网曾在10月报道了信贷紧缩如何在人们中间传播恐惧感和无力感，于是有些人转而把幽默当作唯一的逃避方法。
6. The dramatic arrests in Zurich changed this picture of western powerlessness.
   发生在苏黎世的戏剧性逮捕行动改变了西方无能的形象。
7. But that is exactly what has happened over the past week as Chinese people, motivated variously by a sense of justice, powerlessness or just plain humour, have flooded the White House We the People website.
   但这恰恰是过去一周内发生的情形，中国人在各种动机（包括正义感、无助感，或只是想幽默一下）的驱使下，蜂拥访问白宫我们人民（WethePeople）网站。
8. Now I had opened my daughter's e-mail account so I could know the truth, and the truth had brought nothing but terror and the awareness of my own powerlessness.
   现在我打开了我女儿的电邮账户，这样我能知道真相。真相带来的只有恐惧和我的无能为力之感。
9. At present, it is true that urban Vulnerable youth groups own powerlessness so that a sense of powerlessness is produced.
   目前，城市弱势青少年群体客观上处于无权状态并内化为无权感，从青少年个体发展和社会的协调发展来说都需要增权。
10. That powerlessness would eat me alive.
    那种无力感会活活吃了我。
11. We believe that that grassroots groups are key to solving some of the world's most intractable problems and halting the cycle of poverty, powerlessness and environmental devastation.
    我们相信这些基层组织是阻止贫困恶性循环和环境破坏这些世界上最困难问题的关键。
12. Women's representation helps to keep them in a place of relative powerlessness.
    有关的无能为力，妇女的代表帮助使他们安分守己。
13. As Roloff and Cloven ( 1990) argue, silently withholding grievances and irritation in conflict is a form of powerlessness.
    如Roloff和Cloven（1990年）认为，冲突中静静地控制不满和愤怒是一种无能的表现。
14. Empowerment theory consists of several core concepts such as power, powerlessness, disempowerment, empowering, etc.
    从构成要素看，激发权能理论是由权力、无权、去权、激发权能等核心概念构筑而成的。
15. To let go is not to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hand.
    放手，就要承认我非万能；亦结果并不在掌握。
16. Reverse the analogy and you see that living in a foreign country can evoke many of the emotions of childhood: novelty, surprise, anxiety, relief, powerlessness, frustration, irresponsibility.
    此外，他乡还能够唤起儿童时代的感情：新奇、惊讶、不安、放松、无助、沮丧以及事不关己。
17. Her first big management book, "men and women of the corporation", was an examination of one particular large corporation ( which she calls indsco) and the effect of power and powerlessness on behaviour and relationships within it.
    坎特的首部大型管理学著作“公司里的男男女女”是以一家叫做indsco的大型公司作为背景的，并且讨论了这家公司中的当权者和无权者对于公司内部行为和关系的影响。
18. They're declarations of powerlessness, one of the most psychologically debilitating conditions human beings can experience.
    它们是“无力”（人类能体验到从心理方面说最为令人削弱的情况之一）的申明。
19. She experienced an overwhelming sense of powerlessness.
    她有一种难以摆脱的无能为力之感。
20. A sense of powerlessness is a major component of depression and anger, and it's reinforced by the illusion that power is being able to command others to help you.
    无力感觉是抑郁和愤怒的主要组成部分，而且，在将权利视作能命令别人来帮助你的这一幻觉而使无力感觉进一步增强。
21. A theme of powerlessness that runs through the diary; a party with a tropical island theme.
    贯穿日记的无力的主题；热带岛屿主题的聚会。
22. Complaining is a combination of arrogance and powerlessness, while believing that someone else needs to change for you.
    “投诉、指控”是当你觉得人家要为你而改变的时候，你的“自大、嚣张”及“无力感”结合作祟的结果。
23. Ultimatums are expressions of powerlessness, empty threats designed to try to influence a situation someone has no control over.
    最后通牒是无能为力的表达，是空洞的威胁，试图用来影响一个无从控制的结果。
24. An overwhelming sense of powerlessness.
    一种压倒一切的无能为力之感。
25. All I heard was a whine of powerlessness, and I relaxed.
    我听到的是一句无力的哀怨，于是我放松了很多。
26. This idea is represented in Jimmy's books, somewhere the small scale of his characters expresses the powerlessness they feel when facing choices.
    这样的观点反映在几米的作品中，就是一小部分人物面临选择时的无力感中。
27. This is not an overstatement, as studies have proven that during times of crisis, humour can provide a vital way of relieving a sense of frustration and powerlessness.
    这可一点儿也没夸大，有研究显示，在面对危机时，幽默能让人宣泄他们的挫折与无助感。
28. It is perhaps the thought form of victimization more than any other that leads to beliefs in powerlessness.
    可能牺牲的思想形态大于其他任何导致你相信自己无能为力的思想形态。
29. It highlighted the power of the G7 to move markets and its powerlessness to achieve what it wants without unanimity.
    这显示了g7对市场的影响力，也显示了它在没有取得协商一致情况下的力不从心。

noun

1. the quality of lacking strength or power

   Synonym:    impotenceimpotency