If you don't have money, you're powerless.

如果你没有钱，你就无能为力。

I saw what was happening, but I was powerless to help.

我眼看着事情发生，却无力相助。

People are being murdered every day and I am powerless to stop it.

每天都有人被杀害，而我却无力制止。

The twin lights, the shifting grey and the steadfast red, mastered the Water Rat and held him bound, fascinated, powerless.

变幻莫测的灰色和坚定不变的红色，这两道光芒控制住了河鼠，使他处于动弹不得，痴痴迷迷，又无能为力的状态。

It seems hard to believe that we can deal with more serious diseases yet are powerless against something so common as a cold.

让人难以相信的是，我们能够治疗更严重的疾病，却无力对抗像感冒这样常见的疾病。

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。

The bank has done this even though its advisors say the dam will cause hardship for the powerless and environmental destruction.

尽管世界银行的顾问说大坝会给弱势群体带来困难，破坏环境，但世界银行还是这样做了。

Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless high-rise buildings.

青少年爬上几十层楼梯，给困在高层建筑中无助的老年人送水和食物。

The notion that they're utterly powerless suddenly seems unrealistic not to mention rather annoying so they're prompted instead to generate ideas about how they might change things.

他们完全无能为力的想法突然变得不现实，更不用说令人讨厌了，所以他们反而会产生自己可能可以改变事情的想法。

In the end, I felt powerless.

最后，我觉得很无力。

They were not always so powerless.

他们不总是这么无力的。

Hates being powerless or trivialized.

痛恨自己无能为力或被轻视。

You are not powerless.

你不是无能为力。

Bird flu should not make us feel powerless.

禽流感不应使我们感到无能为力。

Powerful or powerless?

选择强大还是软弱？

You end up feeling incapable, powerless.

你在无能无力中老去，画地为牢。

Fear is powerless. And joy lies in taking risks.

恐惧是无力的，快乐蕴含在冒险中。

Right now, I'm powerless when it comes to books.

当涉及到书籍的时候，我立刻变得毫无力量。

Do you feel powerless when faced with chocolate?

当面对一块巧克力时你是否常感到无法抗拒？

And as a victim, we are powerless, bitter, and stuck.

作为一个受害者，我们无力、心酸、困窘。

Likewise, Obama may be powerless to cut weapons spending.

同样，奥巴马可能也无法削减武器开支。

His throat was powerless, his arms and hands were like lead.

他的嗓子哑了，手臂像铅那般沉。

Identify with the powerful, and the powerless too, she urged.

认同有力，也要鉴别无能为力，她鼓励说。

I am a cyber slacker - powerless to resist the draw of the Internet.

我是一个计较机懒鬼——无力抗拒网络的诱惑。

And they're absolutely, utterly, completely powerless to stop it.

而他们却完全、彻底没有办法去阻止它。

When I was twelve years old, I felt powerless, confused and angry.

十二岁的时候，我感到无助、困惑、暴躁。

In every situation that arises, we choose to be powerful or powerless.

无论发生什么情况，我们都可以在强大与软弱之间作出选择。