Impotent



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 无能的; 阳痿的
• ［英］ adj. 无能的; 阳痿的 ( unable to engage in sexual intercourse)
• ［记］ im ( 无) +potent ( 有力的) -> 无能的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin impotent-, impotens, from in- + potent-, potens potent
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. not potent ; lacking in power, strength, or vigor ; helpless
  • b. unable to engage in sexual intercourse because of inability to have and maintain an erection; broadly sterile
• 2. obsolete incapable of self-restraint ; ungovernable
• ? impotent noun
• ? impotently adverb

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