powerless
adj
1 without power or strength 无权力的; 无力量的
render sb powerless 使某人失去权力.
2 ~ to do sth completely unable to do sth 对做某事无能为力的
I am powerless to intervene in the matter. 我对调停此事无能为力.
They were powerless to resist. 他们无力抵抗.
🗣️ 情景例句
and when I'm ready to go back,
而当我准备好要回去时,
I meet the boy whose aunt is a TV announcer.
我遇到那个男孩的姑妈是电视播音员。
Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of 'dos' and 'don'ts'.