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束手无策shù shǒu wú cèat the end of one’s tether(/rope); be at a loss what to do; be at one’s wits’ end; be baffled (/lost/stranded); feel quite helpless; fold one’s hands helplessly; look on helplessly; nail-biting; up a stump; without resources(/expedients); wring one’s hands in dismay
❍ 同时，又有许多人不能执行发展统一战线工作的政策，因为他们把国民党简单地看成漆黑一团，表示～。(《毛泽东选集》723) At the same time,there are many others who cannot carry out the policy of expanding the united front,because they over-simplify matters and con sider the entire Kuomintang to be quite hopeless and are therefore at a loss what to do.
❍ 碰着类似这样的事，有时候连工程师们也～，…… (草明《原动力》141)Confronted with difficulties like this,there were times when even the engineers were at a loss to know what to do，…/听着她的声音，仿佛看见她正一动也不动地站在刑讯室里，面对着～的敌人。(罗广斌、杨益言《红岩》277) They could almost see her standing in the torture cell with her head high,facing the baffled enemy.
❍ 他心里充满了对宁死不屈的战友们的尊敬，也充满了对～的敌人的蔑视。(罗广斌、杨益言《红岩》175) He felt no fear,only respect for his courageous comrades and disdain for the helpless enemy.
❍ 可是出现在我们眼前的是吃人的豺狼，对着这群豺狼我们～。(田汉《关汉卿》15) But instead we are being confronted with these man-eating leopards and wolves,and in face of these beasts our hands are tied.
❍ 那船上管船的舵工，押船的朝奉，面面相觑，～。(《儒林外史》498) The helmsman and the salt merchant’s clerk wrung their hands in dismay,and looked at each other helplessly. 束手无策shù shǒu wú cè策：计策，办法。像把手捆住了一样，一点办法都没有。helpless, at one’s wits end, be at a loss what to do |