helpless

英['helpləs] 美['helpləs]
  • adj. 无助的;无依靠的
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星级词汇:
  • held v.拿着;控制;容纳;握住;持有;保持;掌握;认为;举行动词hold的过去式和过去分词形式
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 不能自立的,需要他人帮助的 unable to act without help; needing the help of others
    2. 无助的,无保护的 without help; defenceless

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. lacking in or deprived of strength or power;

    "lying ill and helpless"
    "helpless with laughter"

  2. unable to function; without help

  3. unable to manage independently;

    "as helpless as a baby"

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Oh, to think of his poor wife, standing there helpless.
噢!想想他可怜的妻子,无助地站在那里。

来自柯林斯例句

3. They are not merely helpless victims.
他们并非无助的受害者。

来自柯林斯例句

4. the helpless victims of war
无助的战争受害者

来自《权威词典》

5. The other team was helpless and we had a real field day.
对方队很弱,我们轻易取胜.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Girls just love helpless animals.
      女孩子就是喜欢无助的动物。
    2. In other words, they make him feel less helpless in the face of adversity.
      换句话说,他们让他在面对逆境时不再感到那么无助。
    3. They are helpless, drifting wherever the currents and tides take them.
      他们无所依凭,随波逐流。
    4. Fate was kind to the helpless baby.
      这个无依无靠的婴儿命里注定不该死。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. Helpless infant must be nursed and watched every second of the day.
      孤弱无力的婴儿每时每刻都必须有人照料看护。
    2. This is a helpless insure door.
      这是一扇无效的防盗门。
    3. He was a helpless child.
      他是个无依无靠的孩子。
    用作表语 S+be+~
    1. A baby is almost completely helpless.
      婴儿几乎完全依赖大人照料。
    S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
    1. He was very short-sighted, almost helpless without his glasses.
      他的眼睛近视得很厉害,不戴眼镜几乎什么也看不见。
    2. Helen was helpless against such an evil tongue.
      海伦对这样的诽谤毫无办法。
    S+be+~+to- v
    1. They felt helpless to do anything about it.
      他们对这事感到无能为力。
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词 副词+~ ~+介词