powerless minorities
弱势的少数族群
When the enemy attacked, we were completely powerless against them.
敌人进攻的时候，我们毫无抵御能力。
I saw what was happening, but I was powerless to help.
我眼看着事情发生，却无力相助。
1.无力的,无能的 (to do)
2.无依靠的;虚弱的;无效力的;无权力的
3.无资源的
4.无活动能力的,麻痹的
1.无力的,无能的 (to do)
2.无依靠的;虚弱的;无效力的;无权力的
3.无资源的
4.无活动能力的,麻痹的
1.not able to control or prevent something
1.It was an extraordinary confrontation between the country's most dominant figure and a powerless but insistent adversary.
这真是一场非同寻常的对决，在权倾一国的大人物与无权无势但不屈不挠的异见人士之间展开。
2.As if she was watching an accident in slow motion. She knew it would happen, but was powerless to stop it.
就好像她正在目睹一场慢动作上演的事故。她知道要出事，却无力去阻止。
3.Again, I felt powerless and frustrated, facing the reality that there was no one to help me.
面对没有人能帮助我这个事实，我再一次感到无力和沮丧。
4.Powerlessness is a state of mind. If you think you are powerless, you are.
无能为力是一种精神状态。如果你觉得自己无能为力，你就是无能为力。
5.Panic over Bear's position spread with stunning speed, leaving the bank's executives powerless to respond as money poured out the door.
对贝尔斯登处境的恐慌情绪以惊人速度蔓延，随着大量资金不断流出，该银行高管变得束手无策。
6.Performance from the body, the middle-aged action status sensitivity began to decline from the peak, and often feel powerless to do things.
从身体性能来说，中年人的动作灵敏性已从顶峰状态开始下降，常会感到做事力不从心。
7.In primitive times, nature appeared to be a mysterious and formidable force and men found themselves powerless in the face of it.
在原始时代，大自然好象是一种神秘可怕的力量，人们在它面前显得无能为力。
8.Democrats, meanwhile, are behaving as if they are powerless to affect the economy, even though a Democrat occupies the White House.
同时，民主党人表现得就像他们没有力量影响经济一样，尽管总统是民主党人。
9.All this time, as if spell were on him, he was motionless and powerless, except to watch her.
在这整个一段时间以内，他始终象是着了魔，除了注意她以外，他浑身瘫软，动弹不得。
10.The temptation is to see this as a plague visited on the region from outside, which its governments are powerless to resist or cure.
诱惑是将其看作来自外部，袭击这一地区的天灾，对此政府无力抵抗或是消解。