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

• We have detected a certain sense of helplessness among the people.
  我们已经体察到民众中存在的某种无助感。
• 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。
• I hate feelings of helplessness.
  我讨厌感到无助。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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 to my surprise, I found that going to work when I could eased my sense of helplessness.
  但让我吃惊的是，我发现只有在工作的时候才能减轻我的无助感。
• 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。
• 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。