helpless; at one's wit's end
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
helpless; at one's wit's end; cannot come up with a single plan
formal形容面对困难或问题时，完全想不出任何解决的办法，陷入困境。
Miàn面
duì对
zhè这
ge个
fù复
zá杂
de的
jì技
shù术
nán难
tí题
，
gōng工
chéng程
shī师
men们
yī一
chóu筹
mò莫
zhǎn展
。
Faced with this complex technical problem, the engineers were at their wit's end.
Zī资
jīn金
liàn链
duàn断
liè裂
，
gōng公
sī司
lǐng领
dǎo导
duì对
cǐ此
yī一
chóu筹
mò莫
zhǎn展
。
With the capital chain broken, the company's leaders were helpless.
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Hái孩
zi子
tū突
rán然
gāo高
shāo烧
bù不
tuì退
，
ràng让
xīn新
shǒu手
fù父
mǔ母
yī一
chóu筹
mò莫
zhǎn展
。
The child's sudden high fever wouldn't go down, leaving the new parents at a complete loss.
Tán谈
pàn判
xiàn陷
rù入
jiāng僵
jú局
，
shuāng双
fāng方
dài代
biǎo表
dōu都
yī一
chóu筹
mò莫
zhǎn展
。
The negotiations were deadlocked, and representatives from both sides could find no way out.