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help·less
/ˈhɛlpləs; ||ˈhɛpləs ||ˈhɛəp-/
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a
.)無助的,無能為力的,無依無靠的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Help·less
,
a.
1.
Destitute
of
help
or
strength
;
unable
to
help
or
defend
one's
self
;
needing
help
;
feeble
;
weak
;
as
,
a
helpless
infant
.
How
shall
I
then
your
helpless
fame
defend?
--
Pope
.
2.
Beyond
help
;
irremediable
.
Some
helpless
disagreement
or
dislike
,
either
of
mind
or
body
.
--
Milton
.
3.
Bringing
no
help
;
unaiding
. [
Obs
.]
Yet
since
the
gods
have
been
Helpless
foreseers
of
my
plagues
. --
Chapman
.
4.
Unsupplied
;
destitute
; --
with
of
. [
R
.]
Helpless
of
all
that
human
wants
require
.
--
Dryden
.
--
Help*less*ly
,
adv.
--
Help*less*ness
,
n.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
helpless
adj
1:
lacking
in
or
deprived
of
strength
or
power
; "
lying
ill
and
helpless
"; "
helpless
with
laughter
" [
syn
:
incapacitated
]
2:
unable
to
function
;
without
help
[
syn
:
lost
]
3:
unable
to
manage
independently
; "
as
helpless
as
a
baby
"
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