束手待斃
[shù shǒu dài bì]
helplessly wait for death resign oneself to extinction
兵臨城下，豈能束手待斃？
The city was under siege. How could they helplessly wait for death?
英語翻譯
參考釋義
- 束手待斃[shùshǒudàibì]
- -foldone'shandsandawait[waitfor]death;awaitdestructioninaresignedmanner;foldone'shandsandwaittobeslain;giveoneselfup;helpless,waitingfortheend;inanutterlyhelplesscondition;resignoneselftoextinction;resignoneselftofate[death];waitfordeathwithtiedhands;waithelplesslyfordeath;waitingfordeathwithhandsboundup--havingnoresource:
Weshallsimplyberesigningourselvestoextinctionunlesswecarryonthefourmodernizations.如果不搞四個現代化，我們就只有束手待斃。
- -foldone'shandsandawait[waitfor]death;awaitdestructioninaresignedmanner;foldone'shandsandwaittobeslain;giveoneselfup;helpless,waitingfortheend;inanutterlyhelplesscondition;resignoneselftoextinction;resignoneselftofate[death];waitfordeathwithtiedhands;waithelplesslyfordeath;waitingfordeathwithhandsboundup--havingnoresource:
雙語例句
The city was under siege. How could they helplessly wait for death?
