英 [ˈhelpləs] 美 [ˈhelpləs]
adj. 无助的，无奈的；情不自禁的
helpless /ˈhɛlplɪs/ CET4 TEM4
形容词 If you are helpless, you do not have the strength or power to do anything useful or to control or protect yourself. 无能为力的
Parents often feel helpless, knowing that all the hugs in the world won't stop the tears.
家长们常常感到无能为力，知道世上所有的拥抱也不能止住眼泪。
副词 无能为力地
Their son watched helplessly as they vanished beneath the waves.
他们的儿子无能为力地看着他们消失在海浪之下。
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
lying ill and helpless ; helpless with laughter
同义词： incapacitated
unable to function; without help
同义词： lost
unable to manage independently
as helpless as a baby
无助的
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但接下来(Next)与曼联的这场“英超内战”，蓝军两回合均吃败仗，安切洛蒂对此也无可奈何(Helpless)：“我对这样的结果很失望，但足球场上什么样的事都有可能发生。
helplessly 无助地；无能为力地
helpfully 有益地；有用地
helping 帮助；扶持（help的ing形式）
help 帮助；有用；招待
help 帮助；促进；治疗；补救
无助的；无能的；没用的
He lay helpless on the floor.
他无助地躺在地板上。
It's natural to feel helpless against such abuse.
对这种虐待感到无能为力是自然的。
Parents often feel helpless, knowing that all the hugs in the world won't stop the tears.
家长们常常感到无能为力，知道世上所有的拥抱也不能止住眼泪。
He was sick only two days. They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs helpless with pain.
VOA : special.2009.08.01
According to the Second Brother, it's virtually impossible for a single, helpless maiden to pass uninjured in this wild, surrounding waste.
弟弟认为，一个孤独无助的女孩想要，毫发无伤的穿过这野外的荒原是根本不可能的。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
They destroy these helpless but stoic humans who are chafing under their tyrannical and unjust and uncaring rule. In the biblical story, when the Israelites told the story, they modified it.
他们把那些在他们残暴，不公平统治下,无助又愤愤不平的人,全部消灭了，当犹太人来讲这个故事时，他们对此做了修改。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Stress is more likely to be harmful if you feel helpless to deal with the problem or situation that causes the stress.
VOA : special.2009.03.24
The expression "to bulldoze" also means to make someone helpless, usually by using power or threatening violence.
VOA : special.2009.02.15
Guys should only go for helpless, family centered females who let them run their lives.
But less than two years later, he was a helpless witness to abject misery when Australia triumphed 5-0.
They had been helpless during the twister, unable to get to their kids, desperate.