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单词 powerlessness
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powerlessness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpaʊə.ləs.nəs/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.ləs.nəs/
theconditionorfeelingof having nopower:
无力；无力感
Asignificantcauseofstressin theworkplaceis asenseof powerlessness andlackofcontrol.工作场所压力的一个重要原因是无力感和缺乏控制感。
Ashostages, theyexperiencedhumiliationandutterpowerlessness.作为人质，他们经历了屈辱和完全的无能为力。
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  • What Ifeltwasutterpowerlessness.
  • She still hadvividmemoriesof thehorriblepowerlessness ofchildhood.
  • The powerlessness ofdevelopingcountrieswithin theglobaleconomicsystemhas beenexposed.
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(Definition ofpowerlessnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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He argues, however, that women's relegation to the private sphere cannot be equated withpowerlessness.
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This global interpretation, which is not based in contextualized empirical analysis, assumes a direct mapping among discourse, femininity, andpowerlessness.
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The findings show that service providers experience significant levels of concern and frustration and a sense ofpowerlessnessin meeting the needs of such clients.
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The distorted visual images of this film also express thepowerlessnessof the gaze to sustain its object.
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And it provides a further reason, in addition to current poverty andpowerlessness, to see a land reform program as desirable on remedial grounds.
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The overwhelming feature was the women's descriptions of theirpowerlessness.
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Research has consistently shown thatpowerlessnessis related to psychological distress.
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An inability to handle colleagues' worries and distress increased the sense ofpowerlessnessand fear at work.
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In those scenes, we worked on the idea of these women'spowerlessnessin the face of latent male violence.
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For the most part, informants acknowledged and identified discriminatory practices in the health system, but portrayed a sense ofpowerlessness.
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Psychological concomitants include feelings of impending danger,powerlessness, apprehension and tension.
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People who are acutely aware of their ownpowerlessnessteeter on the boundary between anger and despair.
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The issue was not economic hardship - there was none, he claims - but, rather, it was politicalpowerlessness.
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In addition, the dependence of the workers on language "brokers" to convey their grievances to management causes feelings of embarrassment, humiliation, andpowerlessness.
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It is suggested that these children are socialised into accepting poverty andpowerlessnessand implicitly collude with the inevitability of continuing disadvantage.
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