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单词 unholpen
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unholpenadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 2b. Compare Middle Dutch (and Dutch) ongeholpen, Middle High German ungeholfen; Swedish ohulpen.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈholpen.
Now archaic.
= unhelped adj.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > aided, helped, or assisted > not
helplessc1175
unholpen1382
unsuccoured1422
unhelpeda1425
unrelievedc1525
unassisted1614
unmanned1622
unaided1667
unhelpless1681
unministereda1744
unmidwifed1747
unlightened1784
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Esdras ix. 11 But for the multitude is gret, and the time winter, and wee moun not vnholpen stonde.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 189 ‘The lif is suete’, and that he kepeth, So that the feith unholpe slepeth.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) 121 She woll leve none vnholpen that crieth to her hertly.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. i.iij/2 God forbede..that I leue hym vnholpen.
1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Biv Ye..Leaue..the prysoned vnholpen.
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 26v Thou hast the forme that cut the wound, of my vnholpen paine.
1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. xi–xii. 183 Neuer any was left unholpen, that sought help at his hand.
1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 1674 These shall lie Dead, unbeloved, unholpen.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 224 The maddening fear that burned Round his un~holpen heart.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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