名词无能为力; [医]阳痿; 阴痿

1. 不举：那个毛病在医学上正式的名字叫勃起功能障碍(Erectile Dysfunction)或阳萎不举(Impotence). 这毛病让男人们恼火又觉得很没面子,羞怒还难以启齿倾诉. 伟哥是治疗这一疾病的第一个口服的含小分子化合物活性成分的药片.

1. 无能力;不起作用
Impotence is a lack of power to influence people or events.

e.g. ...a sense of impotence in the face of deplorable events.
面对悲惨事件无能为力的感觉

2. 阳痿;性无能
Impotence is a man's sexual problem in which his penis fails to get hard or stay hard.

e.g. Impotence affects 10 million men in the US alone.
仅仅在美国,就有 1,000 万男子患有阳痿。

noun

1. the quality of lacking strength or power
being weak and feeble

Synonym: powerlessnessimpotency

2. an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate

Synonym: impotency