helpless
/'helplis/
📖 中文释义
- a. 无助的, 无能为力的, 无依无靠的
💬 双语例句
This group, not the desperately poor and helpless, forms the great mobilizing force of violent protest, and ultimately of major change.
正是这一团体而非赤贫无助者才是暴力抗议以及最终巨大变革的主要驱动力量。
But, as individual taxpayers, we are helpless, because we do not control outcomes, owing to the concerted efforts of lobbyists, or, worse, economic policymakers. Our subsidizing of bank managers and executives is completely involuntary.
如此一来,真相已经显而易见了。 但是,作为个体纳税人,我们根本毫无办法,因为在游说团体(甚至经济政策制定者)的一致行动面前,我们根本不能控制结果。 我们对银行管理层和高管的补贴完全是被逼无奈。
Like today, consumers discovered that markets could leave them helpless, leading to calls for regulation. Internationalists had to come to terms with the simple fact that, on its own, trade did not automatically enable peace.
🔵 同义词
🔗 常用搭配
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- s. lacking in or deprived of strength or power
- s. unable to function; without help
- s. unable to manage independently