helplessness

英 [ˈhelpləsnəs]

美 [ˈhelpləsnəs]

n.  无依无靠；无可奈何状态

BNC.14257 / COCA.12746

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无助的;无力量的;无能力的;不由自主的
  If you arehelpless, you do not have the strength or power to do anything useful or to control or protect yourself.
  1. Parents often feel helpless, knowing that all the cuddles in the world won't stop the tears...
     父母经常感到无能为力，因为他们知道无论多少次拥抱也无法止住眼泪。
  2. Children are dying, and I am helpless to do anything...
     孩子们已奄奄一息，而我却无力做任何事情。
  3. Once aboard we were soon helpless with laughter at the absurdity of it...
     一上飞机我们就按捺不住，大笑起这事的荒唐。
  4. They are not merely helpless victims.
     他们并非无助的受害者。

英英释义

noun

• powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
  1. in spite of their weakness the group remains active
  Synonym:weaknessimpuissance
• a feeling of being unable to manage
• the state of needing help from something

双语例句

• The memory rankled because I was constitutionally unable to bear the sensation of helplessness.
  这些痛苦的内存是因为我的本质上不能忍受这种无能为力的感觉。
• This feeling of desperation and helplessness was common to most of the refugees
  大多数难民都有这种绝望和无助的感觉。
• Most rape victims confess a feeling of helplessness
  大部分强奸案受害者都承认有一种无助的感觉。
• A sense of complete helplessness had descended upon him.
  一阵束手无策的感觉袭击了他。
• I've seen the helplessness in my own family.
  我已经在自己的家中看到了这种无助。
• I really feel helplessness that's all. I have done my best.
  我真的感到很无助，就是这样，我尽了最大努力。
• This is the record of this fictional character bringing us the helplessness of reality.
  只是纯粹的记录这虚构的人物带来真实的无奈。
• She has revealed the truth of the common marriage: helplessness and endurance, crudity and warmth.
  她写出了普通人婚姻的真谛：无奈与忍耐，粗糙中温情洋溢。
• We have detected a certain sense of helplessness among the people.
  我们已经体察到民众中存在的某种无助感。
• Helplessness is due the limit and restriction of life itself oppressing the activity of life without reason.
  无奈是因为生命本身的有限与局限，使生命的张扬常常受到了无缘无故的压抑。