We become insomniac or impotent. An eyelid starts twitching.

我们会失眠或是虚弱无力。我们一个眼皮会开始跳不停。

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

其实目前不管是美国还是多国体系都不像布雷默所认为那样虚弱无力。

But being soft and malleable is far from impotent.

但是柔软和有延展性远不是无能。

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，声称它她们丈夫阳痿。

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感受中了。

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

让她一个气胸脯一鼓一鼓地站在那里。

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

还有一件他们生闷气，他们知道北方佬和北方来冒险家一定会耻笑他们。

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

感到沮丧、破坏一段关系、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。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.

思嘉气一脚踢开被，想找一句最难听话来咒骂一声。

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

不幸胡克又沮丧，又无奈，像一枝被砍断花一样，向前扑倒在地。

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一点作借口来掩饰他失败很不以为然。

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.

另一个脸色铁青， 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俄国似乎乐于看到叙利亚饱受煎熬。

Envy and impotent desires are their prevailing passions.

嫉妒和无能欲望是他们主要激情。

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

因此，他们反应是无能为力。至少在一开始。