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Meaning of 束手待毙

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束 shù 手 shǒu 待 dài 毙 bì (Trad.: 束手待斃)
to wait helplessly for death (idiom); to resign oneself to extinction
Example Sentences
1
如果不搞四个现代化
,
我们就只有束手待毙
。
We shall simply be resigning ourselves to extinction unless we carry on the four modernizations.
2
我们可以束手待毙
,
或者学会冲浪
,
驾驭浪潮
。
We can do nothing and get swamped, or learn to surf and ride the wave.
3
我认为事情可能会
…
有可能会非常非常糟糕
,
如果我们束手待毙
。
但是
,
我真的在做
。
I think that things can get...have the potential to get very, very bad if we don't do anything. However, I really do.
4
每时每刻
,
永远有胜利的欢悦
,
践踏束手待毙的敌人的快澸
。
Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
5
当日本轰炸机从海上飞来的时候
,
那些战舰和驱逐舰只能束手待毙
。
So the battleships and destroyers were sitting ducks when the Japanese bombers swept in from the sea.