单词
helpless
英 ['helpl?s]
美['h?lpl?s]
基本信息
- adj. 无助的；无能的；没用的
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词态变化
副词:?helplessly;名词:?helplessness;
中文词源
helpless 无助的
help,帮助，有益，-less,表否定。
英文词源
- helpless (adj.)
- "unable to act for oneself," c. 1200, from help (n.) + -less. Related: Helplessly; helplessness. In Middle English and later sometimes also "unable to give help, affording no help" (late 14c.), but this was never common.
双语例句
- 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》
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