| 单词 | helpless |
| 释义 | helpless (once / 191 pages) adj To be helpless is to have no ability to take care of or protect yourself from harm. A newborn baby is helpless, and needs parents to care for her. If you're helpless, you're dependent on other people to assist or care for you. Breaking both your legs will leave you helpless, and even being in an unfamiliar city can make you feel helpless as you wander around looking for your hotel late at night. You can also use helpless to mean "irresistible" or "uncontrollable," especially when someone bursts out laughing: "They broke into helpless laughter during his speech." WORD FAMILYhelpless: helplesser, helplessest, helplessly, helplessness+/help: helped, helper, helpful, helping, helpless, helps, self-help/helper: helpers/helpful: helpfulest, helpfully, helpfulness, unhelpful/helping: helpings/unhelpful: unhelpfully, unhelpfulness USAGE EXAMPLESIt is uncomfortable to be naked and helpless, with our humanness showing. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) I asked if she would write about the protests at the hotel, and she laughed and buried her face in her hands, as if helpless. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) “In light of the crimes against the helpless children in Mendoza, the Pope’s assurances seem empty indeed.” Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj unable to function; without help Syn lost hopeless without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success 2adj unable to manage independently as helpless as a baby Syn dependent relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed 3adj lacking in or deprived of strength or power lying ill and helpless helpless with laughter Syn incapacitated powerless lacking power |
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