束手待毙

[shù shǒu dài bì]

Chinese-English

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Definition:
AllAll,fold one's hands and await [wait for] deathfold one's hands and await [wait for] death,resign oneself to extinctionresign oneself to extinction,Wait helplessly for deathWait helplessly for death,have one's hands tiedhave one's hands tied
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1.
He, as a man, no longer strove. It was the life in him, unwilling to die, that drove him on.
他，作为一个人，不再奋斗，是他那不愿束手待毙的生命力逼迫他向前走。
tā , zuò wéi yī gè rén , bú zài fèn dòu , shì tā nà bú yuàn shù shǒu dài bì de shēng mìng lì bī pò tā xiàng qián zǒu 。
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2.
Aggressive pine caterpillar and cup moths armed with poisonous hair can do nothing but await destruction when attacked by stinkbugs.
不论是凶悍的松毛虫，还是遍身毒毛的刺蛾，一遇蠋蝽便束手待毙。
bú lùn shì xiōng hàn de sōng máo chóng , hái shì biàn shēn dú máo de cì é , yī yù zhú chūn biàn shù shǒu dài bì 。
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3.
So the battleships and destroyers were sitting ducks when the Japanese bombers swept in from the sea.
所以，当日本轰炸机从海上飞来清扫的时候那些战舰和驱逐舰只能束手待毙当活靶子。
suǒ yǐ , dāng rì běn hōng zhà jī cóng hǎi shàng fēi lái qīng sǎo de shí hou nà xiē zhàn jiàn hé qū zhú jiàn zhī néng shù shǒu dài bì dāng huó bǎ zǐ 。
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4.
Women like that usually cause miserable, unhealthy, going nowhere relationships.
那类型的女人总是带来不幸、病态和束手待毙的恋情。
nà lèi xíng de nǚ rén zǒng shì dài lái bú xìng 、 bìng tài hé shù shǒu dài bì de liàn qíng 。
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5.
and here is voice took on a new sad sureness, "it is meant that if they don't prepare, they die. I see no need for further argument"
他的声音里带有一种前所未有的悲哀与肯定。“这就是说，他们不做准备，就只好束手待毙了。没有必要继续争论下去了。”
tā de shēng yīn lǐ dài yǒu yī zhǒng qián suǒ wèi yǒu de bēi āi yǔ kěn dìng 。 " zhè jiù shì shuō , tā men bù zuò zhǔn bèi , jiù zhǐ hǎo shù shǒu dài bì le 。 méi yǒu bì yào jì xù zhēng lùn xià qù le 。 "
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