We become insomniac or impotent. An eyelid starts twitching.

我们会失眠或是虚弱无力。我们的个眼皮会开始跳得停。

Neither America nor the multilateral institutions are as impotent today as Mr Bremmer claims.

其实目前管是美国还是多国体系都像布雷默所认为的那样虚弱无力。

But being soft and malleable is far from impotent.

但是柔软和有延展是无能。

As a result, nothing was done, and the Whigs looked impotent.

结果，什么也没变化，辉格党看起来束手无策。

Mekhala drew close to Ream Eyso, now blind and impotent without his axe.

麦卡拉逼近失明而又无力的雷阿姆·埃索。

You know, the government looked — frankly, looked quite impotent for the past two weeks.

你知道，过去两周日本政府看起来特别无能。

Some decades later, in London, women petitioned against coffee houses, claiming it made their husbands impotent.

几十年后，在伦敦，妇女们对咖啡屋提起诉讼，声称它使她们的丈夫阳痿。

His face was the face of a man drunk with fatigue and impotent rage and burning pity.

从他脸上的表情看，他是深深沉溺在既浑身疲乏又满腔愤怒和热烈同情的感受中了。

He bowed and sauntered off, leaving her with her bosom heaving with impotent rage and indignation.

让她个人气得胸脯站在那里。

Another thought that stung them to impotent wrath was the knowledge that the Yankees and Carpetbaggers would laugh.

还有件事使得他们生闷气，他们知道北方佬和北方来的冒险家定会耻笑他们。

What is the upside of feeling depressed, or of blowing up a relationship or of being impotent or friendless?

感到沮丧、破坏段关系、充满无能感或没有朋友有什么好处呢？

The more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up, the more futile and impotent it becomes.

群龙无首。人多嘴杂。它就越发鸡毛蒜皮。

Scarlett kicked the coverlet in impotent rage, trying to think of something bad enough to say.

思嘉气得脚踢开被子，想找句最难听的话来咒骂声。

The unhappy Hook was as impotent [powerless] as he was damp, and he fell forward like a cut flower.

幸的胡克又沮丧，又无奈，像枝被砍断的花样，向前扑倒在。

In my heart I accused my companion of putting forward a most lame and impotent excuse to cover his failure.

我心中对我伙伴用这点作借口来掩饰他的失败很以为然。

But often, I found myself feeling impotent.

但很多时候，我发现自己感到无能为力。

The other was livid, quivering with impotent strength.

另个脸色铁青， 因无力而颤抖。

The Russians have hitherto sounded happy to let Syria stew, in the hope that America will look impotent and incompetent.

迄今为止，希望让美国看起来懦弱无能的俄国人似乎乐于看到叙利亚饱受煎熬。

Envy and impotent desires are their prevailing passions.

嫉妒和无能的欲望是他们的主要激情。

Therefore, their response was  impotent. At least at first.

因此，他们的反应是无能为力的。至少在开始。