| 单词 | helpless |
| 释义 | helpless (helpləs ) adjective [oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] If you are helpless, you do not have the strength or power to do anything useful or to control or protect yourself. Parents often feel helpless, knowing that all the cuddles in the world won't stop the tears. Children are dying, and I am helpless to do anything. Once aboard we were soon helpless with laughter at the absurdity of it. They are not merely helpless victims. helplessly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] She could only watch helplessly as the taxi drove off. helplessness uncountable noun I remember my feelings of helplessness. Synonyms: vulnerability, weakness, impotence, powerlessness Collocations: helpless infant He came as a helpless infant. Christianity Today The thought of starting all over again with a helpless infant - it's almost too much and too soon. Times, Sunday Times However, we should aspire to more than just perpetuating the species, and from my experience elderly people take no joy whatsoever in being reduced to helpless infants. Times, Sunday Times This certainly includes the most helpless infants. Christianity Today Are they totally helpless to shape their own lives in the face of these systemic and structural realities? Christianity Today I was totally helpless and have never felt so turned on in my life. The Sun Rabbits are born with eyes and ears closed, totally helpless. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We feel utterly helpless, and are being bullied by a developer via the estate agents. Times,Sunday Times We are utterly helpless as we watch policy hurtle towards us. Times,Sunday Times Far better to scream, and then become utterly helpless with laughter. The Sun I felt utterly helpless, scared and way too shocked to take in anything either of us said. Times, Sunday Times He said he felt utterly helpless at the time, and we saw all of his raw pain on screen. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 无能为力的 Japanese: 無力な |
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