束手待毙
[shù shǒu dài bì]
helplessly wait for death resign oneself to extinction
兵临城下，岂能束手待毙？
The city was under siege. How could they helplessly wait for death?
英语翻译
参考释义
- 束手待毙[shùshǒudàibì]
- -foldone'shandsandawait[waitfor]death;awaitdestructioninaresignedmanner;foldone'shandsandwaittobeslain;giveoneselfup;helpless,waitingfortheend;inanutterlyhelplesscondition;resignoneselftoextinction;resignoneselftofate[death];waitfordeathwithtiedhands;waithelplesslyfordeath;waitingfordeathwithhandsboundup--havingnoresource:
Weshallsimplyberesigningourselvestoextinctionunlesswecarryonthefourmodernizations.如果不搞四个现代化，我们就只有束手待毙。
- -foldone'shandsandawait[waitfor]death;awaitdestructioninaresignedmanner;foldone'shandsandwaittobeslain;giveoneselfup;helpless,waitingfortheend;inanutterlyhelplesscondition;resignoneselftoextinction;resignoneselftofate[death];waitfordeathwithtiedhands;waithelplesslyfordeath;waitingfordeathwithhandsboundup--havingnoresource:
双语例句
The city was under siege. How could they helplessly wait for death?
