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

• 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。
• With helplessness in those melancholy eyes.
  忧郁的眼光里却写满无奈。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I feel that my helplessness and desperation both need to be understood.
  我觉得我的无助和绝望都需要被人谅解。
• But this was my helplessness, brother.
  可这都是因为我的无奈，哥哥。
• 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。
• 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。
• For some kind of habits that cannot be changed, I've felt the helplessness of fate.
  对于某种无法改变的习性，我感到一种宿命的无奈。