helpless

B1 CET-4 大学 FREQ #5042 ★★☆☆☆

a. 无助的, 无能为力的, 无依无靠的

发音

US /ˈhɛlplɪs/

词形变化

more helpless 比较级 most helpless 最高级

别名

helpelesse helplesse

教材释义与例句

形容词

无助的；无能的；没用的

释义与例句

adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Unable to defend oneself.

    无助的

    无力的

  2. 2.

    Lacking help; powerless.

  3. 3.

    Unable to act without help; needing help; feeble.

    无助的

  4. 4.

    Uncontrollable.

    a helpless urge

  5. 5.

    From which there is no possibility of being saved.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

lost incapacitated

近义相关 3

hopeless powerless dependent

词源

From Middle English helples, from Old English *helplēas (“helpless”) from Proto-Germanic *helpōlausaz, equivalent to help + -less. Compare Dutch hulpeloos (“helpless”), German hilflos (“helpless”), Danish hjælpeløs (“helpless”) and Swedish hjälplös (“helpless”).

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