impotently ad. 无力. 虚弱. 阳萎地
impotently[ adv ]
in a helpless manner
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the crowd watched him helplessly
Impotently \Im"po*tent*ly\, adv.
In an impotent manner.
- But this time the engine coughs impotently for the whole 100 minutes.
- Without formal agreement, disarmament gradually took place between the two countries, and forts became museums where rusting cannon still point accusingly but impotently in the direction of the nearby former enemy.