无奈 wú nài — helpless; no alternative
无奈
wú nài
Definitions
- helpless; no alternative
More definitions
CC-CEDICT
- to have no alternative
- frustrated
- exasperated
- helpless
- (conjunction) but unfortunately
zdic(汉典)
- 无可奈何,没有办法。
- 无比;非常。
- 表示转折的连词,相当于「可惜」。
ExtDict
- 无可奈何:出于~|万般~
- 用在转折句的开头,表示由于某种原因,不能实现上文所说的意图,有“可惜”的意思:星期天我们本想去郊游,~天不作美下起雨来,只好作罢了。
Examples
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门票已经售罄,他只好无奈地转身离开。
The tickets were sold out, so he had no choice but to turn and leave.
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面对孩子的固执,母亲露出无奈的笑容。
Faced with her child's stubbornness, the mother smiled helplessly.
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无奈之下,我们只能改期再见面。
With no other option, we had to reschedule our meeting.