释义 |
helplessness|ˈhɛlplɪsnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The state or condition of being helpless; want of aid or resource; inability to help oneself.
1731Bailey vol. II, Helplessness, destituteness of help. 1742Warburton Note Pope's Ess. Man iii. 225 (Jod.) From their helplessness in distress. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Milton Wks. II. 167 The mind sinks under them in passive helplessness. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola ii. ii, He was in one of his most wretched moments of conscious helplessness. |