helpless

helpless /'helplis/
  • tính từ
    • không tự lo liệu được, không tự lực được
      • a helpless invalid: một người tàn phế không tự lực được
    • không được sự giúp đỡ; không nơi nương tựa, bơ vơ
      • a helpless child: một em bé không nơi nương tựa

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): help, helper, helpfulness, helping, help, helpful, unhelpful, helpless, helpfully, helplessly

Xem thêm: incapacitated, lost



helpless

Từ điển Collocation

helpless adj.

VERBS be, feel, lie, look, seem, stand, watch John felt completely helpless. He lay helpless in the hospital ward. | become | leave sb, render sb He was left helpless and alone. She was rendered helpless by panic.

ADV. absolutely, completely, quite, totally, utterly | apparently, seemingly | physically

PREP. against She was helpless against his strength. | before Kirk stood helpless before this giant of a man. | in the face of feeling helpless in the face of all these rules and regulations | with She was helpless with anger.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • lacking in or deprived of strength or power; incapacitated

    lying ill and helpless

    helpless with laughter

  • unable to function; without help; lost
  • unable to manage independently

    as helpless as a baby

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


ant.: helpful