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。

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"It is the age when anyone can make themselves useful," the article read in part. "It gives help to the helpless, power to the powerless."

“这是个所有人都能使自己发挥作用的时代，”这篇文章写道，“可以给无助的人以帮助，给无力的以力量。”

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Stand up for someone. Lend your voice. Often the powerless, the homeless, the neglected in our world need someone to speak up for them.

援助那些无家可归的无助者，这些被大众世界所忽视的人们需要有人为他们声援。

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It settles into a long, powerless slide toward the landing field at Edwards Air Force Base.

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The nymphs, of course, are powerless, and worse than that, the nymphs, as we know and of course as John Milton knew, are merely fictions. This is all made up.

海洋女神当然无能为力，更糟糕的是，海洋女神，我们都知道，弥尔顿也知道，只是虚构的，这都是虚构的。

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If then You slay this people to a man, the nations who have heard Your fame will say, 'It must be because the Lord was powerless to bring that people into the land He had promised them on oath that He slaughtered them in the wilderness.

如今你若把这些人杀了，那听到你名声的国家会说,耶和华因为不能把这些人领进,向他们起誓的应许之地,所以在旷野中把他们杀了。

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We do not value the powerful less when we say that our first responsibility is to help the powerless.

BBC: In full: Brown's speech to Congress

The rule of law applies to the weak and the strong, the rich and the poor, the powerful and the powerless.

CNN: Transcript: White House Deputy Counsel Mills' statement

Miraculously the captain was able to perform an emergency landing in the Azores by gliding the powerless plane for almost 18 minutes.

CNN: A330-200: Ultra-modern and extremely safe