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

• 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。
• All of them were afflicted with a feeling of sad helplessness.
  他们都被一种悲哀无助的感情所困扰。
• 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。
• 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。
• Since then, there is a little more waiting, a little more helplessness in life.
  从此，生活多了一点等待，一点无奈。
• Symptoms include fatigue, lack of appetite and concentration, irritability and a feeling of helplessness.
  假后综合症的症状包括感到疲惫、没有胃口、无法集中精力、易怒和无助感等。
• Well, at least you won't have to worry about my helplessness anymore.
  嗯，至少你不用再担心我的无依无靠了。
• 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。
• But this was my helplessness, brother.
  可这都是因为我的无奈，哥哥。