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a feeling/sense of helplessness
在表达“感到无助”时，用 feel a sense/feeling of helplessness 比直接说 feel helplessness 更自然。
She felt a sudden sense of helplessness.
她突然感到一阵无助。
无能为力；无助
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无能为力；无助
the state of being unable to act or help yourself; powerlessness
She felt a sudden sense of helplessness.
她突然感到一阵无助。
无助的状态。
The state of being helpless.
无力感,无法行动的表现
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
无能为力或无能的感觉。
A feeling of inadequacy or impotence.
需要帮助的状态
the state of needing help from something
She felt a deep helplessness as she watched the storm destroy her garden.
看着暴风雨摧毁她的花园，她感到深深的无可奈何。
The doctor's helplessness was obvious when he couldn't save the patient.
医生救不了病人时，他的无助显而易见。
People often try to hide their helplessness with anger.
人们常常试图用愤怒来掩饰自己的无能为力。
在表达“感到无助”时，用 feel a sense/feeling of helplessness 比直接说 feel helplessness 更自然。
She felt a sudden sense of helplessness.
她突然感到一阵无助。
in helplessness 作状语，与 look on, shake one's head 等动词搭配，表示处于无助的状态。
He looked on in helplessness as the car sank.
他无助地看着汽车下沉。
helplessness 后可加 about 或 over 引出对象，over 常用于问题、危机等。
Their helplessness over the delay was clear.
他们对延误的无能为力是显而易见的。
Not this
After the accident, she felt helplessness.
Use this
After the accident, she felt helpless.
feel 作系动词时后接形容词作表语，不用名词。helpless 是形容词，表示“无助的”；helplessness 是名词，表示“无助的状态”。这里描述她的感受，应用 helpless。
Not this
The disaster caused a helplessness among the residents.
Use this
The disaster caused a sense of helplessness among the residents.
helplessness 通常作不可数名词，不能直接用 a/an 修饰。要表示“一种无助感”，应说 a sense of helplessness。
Not this
She had a sense of helplessness for her mother's illness.
Use this
She had a sense of helplessness about her mother's illness.
表达“对……感到无助”时，helplessness 后接 about 或 in the face of，不用 for；for 不能引出情绪的对象。
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无助感
After the accident, she had a deep sense of helplessness.
事故之后，她有一种深深的无助感。
习得性无助
The study explains how learned helplessness develops in students.
这项研究解释了学生的习得性无助是如何形成的。
克服无助
With support, she learned to overcome helplessness.
在支持下，她学会了克服无助。
彻底的无助
She stared at the ruins in utter helplessness.
她彻底无助地凝视着废墟。
面对……时的无助
Their helplessness in the face of the storm was heartbreaking.
面对风暴时他们的无助令人心碎。
噢，无助的蓝调。
In the final line of Fleet Foxes' song 'Helplessness Blues', the narrator sings, 'Oh, helplessness blues.'
在 Fleet Foxes 的歌曲《Helplessness Blues》的最后一句，叙述者唱道：“噢，无助的蓝调。”
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help(帮助) + less(没有) + ness(名词)，就是‘没人可帮’的无助状态。
语域：neutral 常见场景：心理学讨论、社会议题报道、日常表达 该词为中性词汇，多用于书面描述个人或群体无法行动或改变处境的状态，常见于心理、社会议题讨论，日常口语中用得相对较少。
没有常用词与 helplessness /ˈhɛlpləsnəs/ 完全押韵。以下 -lessness/-ness 结尾的词拼写相似，但重读元音或后续辅音不同：hopelessness 读 /ˈhoʊpləsnəs/，restlessness 读 /ˈrɛstləsnəs/，carelessness 读 /ˈkɛrləsnəs/，powerlessness 读 /ˈpaʊərləsnəs/，awareness 读 /əˈwɛrnəs/，kindness 读 /ˈkaɪndnəs/。注意其中只有 restlessness 的重读元音也是 /ɛ/，但其后的 /stl/ 与 helplessness 的 /lpl/ 不同，因此并不押韵。
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