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单词 helpless
释义 help·less
\-plə̇s\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English helples, from help + -les -less
1. : lacking protection or support : defenseless
 < as helpless as a flock of shepherdless sheep — W.H.Mallock >
2. : lacking in effectiveness : futile
 < a helpless medley of indecisions — Hugh Walpole >
3.
 a. : lacking in strength or vigor : incapable of action : powerless
  < fell ill and lay helpless at the mouth of the river — Francis Parkman >
  < the government … drifted helpless in the conflicting currents — Charles & Mary Beard >
 b. : lacking power to resist : involuntary
  < the tiny spill of pebbles in helpless fall — Richard Llewellyn >
4. : lacking in comprehension : bewildered
 < blinked at the candle in a helpless way, like a young barn owl — Mary Webb >
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