helplessly
adverb
uk/ˈhelp.ləs.li/us/ˈhelp.ləs.li/in a way that ishelpless(=unableto do anything tohelpyourself or anyoneelse):
无助地Unable toswim, hewatchedhelplessly as thechildstruggleddesperatelyin thewater.他不会游泳，只能眼睁睁地看着孩子在水中拼命挣扎。
Residentswatchedhelplessly aswaterrushedintotheirhomes.居民们无助地看着水涌入自己的家。
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helpless
- When theyfoundhim, he had beenlyinghelplessly on thefloorforhours.
- HiswifeFrancescawaitedhelplesslyoutsidebut he neverreappeared.
- He is helplessly inlovewith her.
- Helookedon helplessly as hispartnerdiedin hisarms.
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebbidiom
- be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
- besomeone'spoodleidiom
- brittle
- helplessness
- house of cardsidiom
- human
- impotence
- impotent
- soft target
- submissive
- submissively
- submissiveness
- suggestible
- watery
- wetness
- wimpy
- wonky
- wuss