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 helplessness
 無能為力

 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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 helplessness
      n 1: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of
           their weakness the group remains highly active" [syn: weakness,
            impuissance]
      2: the state of needing help from something
      3: a feeling of being unable to manage